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Lava Flows of the Kilauea East Rift Zone
November 6, 2009 | NASA Earth Observatory

NASA’s Earth Observatory has released a satellite image of lava flows in Kilauea Volcano’s East Rift Zone. The image shows many generations of flows and the trace of craters that mark the center of the rift zone.


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