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Nightime view of volcanic activity at Halemaʻumaʻu Crater on Hawaii's Big Island
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Photographer: Gerald and Buff Corsi
Collection: CalAcademy
ID: 6666 6666 0913 0163 (2013-09-10)Copyright © 2013 California Academy of Sciences
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date of photo Apr 8, 2012
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Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii, The Big Island (Hawaii, US)notes Halemaʻumaʻu crater is a pit crater located within the much larger summit caldera of Kīlauea in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. The roughly circular crater floor is 770 metres (2,530 ft) x 900 metres (2,950 ft) and is 83 metres (270 ft) below the floor of Kīlauea caldera. Halemaʻumaʻu is home to Pele, Goddess of Hawaiian Volcanoes, according to the traditions of Hawaiian mythology. According to the Hawaii Volcano Observatory the crater is currently active, with lava in an open vent fluctuating from 70 to 150 meters below the crater floor.keywords: Volcanic
CalAcademy slide # Halemaumau Crater at night 120408 _D331030 photo category: Landscape - habitat
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