Hawaii Volcanoes Photo Gallery
Pu`u `O`o - Kupaianaha Eruption of Kilauea Volcano - June 20, 1989
Photograph by N. Banks, USGS
photo and caption credit
U.S. Department of Interior, U.S. Geological Survey
A skylight, formed when a section of lava-tube roof collapses, reveals the lava stream within. In the distance, a steam plume marks where the tube empties into the ocean. In 1987-1989, most of the lava erupted from Kupaianaha flowed from the vent to the ocean completely enclosed within tubes.
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