HAWAI'I PHOTO GALLERY
- Part VII: skylights and Pu'u O'o -
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Skylights and Pu'u O'o on 24 February 2001 |
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Skylight (1). |
Group near Pu'u O'o. |
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Skylight (2). |
Skylight (3) and Pu'u O'o cone in the background. |
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Yellowish iron-sulphur deposits along a fracture in the lava tube roof (Photo: P. Ong). |
View onto the crater floor of Pu'u O'o cone, with an active vent. |
Close-up of the active vent with lava lobes of recent overflows around (Photo: P. Ong). |
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Group retreating from Pu'u O'o (Photo: P. Ong). |
View into the steaming west gap of Pu'u O'o (Photo: P. Ong). |
Telecamera on the rim of Pu'u O'o cone (Photo: P. Ong). |
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| Pu'u O'o behind fumes. | On the rim of Pu'u O'o. | Steaming vents. |
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| Steaming vent near Pu'u O'o (Photo: P. Ong). | Pu'u O'o seen from distance (Photo: P. Ong). | Cooled pahoehoe channel (Photo: P. Ong). |
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Pu'u O'o and aerial views - 3 months later (25 May 2001) (All photos: P. Ong) |
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The intensely steaming cone Pu'u O'o seen from the air. Note the unstable fractured rims of the cone. |
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Part of the collapsed SW wall of the cone. |
On the rim of the cone. |
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Deep pit crater on the crater floor inside Pu'o O'o. |
Walk on the crater floor... |
An active vent inside the crater. |
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Person at the W entrance to the crater floor. |
Aerial view of a series of pit craters aligned along the main lava tube system immediately SE of Pu'u O'o. |
Spectacular aerial view on the lava flow field extending SE of Pu'u O'o; an active (red color!) lava flow front is visible. |
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Photos: T. Pfeiffer & P. Ong.
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