Photo & Video Chronology — Surveying the tephra cone on Halemaʻumaʻu crater rim
For over a year, after each fountaining episode at Kīlauea's summit, USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory geologists have surveyed the elevation along a transect across the new pu‘u (cone) on the western margin of Halema‘uma‘u that has formed from the fallout of the lava fountains.
For over a year, after each fountaining episode at Kīlauea's summit, USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory geologists have surveyed the elevation along a transect across the new pu‘u (cone) on the western margin of Halema‘uma‘u that has formed from the fallout of the lava fountains.
For over a year, after each fountaining episode at Kīlauea's summit, USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory geologists have surveyed the elevation along a transect across the new pu‘u (cone) on the western margin of Halema‘uma‘u that has formed from the fallout of the lava fountains.
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