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Image: Lava fountain at Kilauea

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Description: Lava fountain explodes from the Pu`u `O`o spatter and cinder cone on Kilauea Volcano. Dark, cooling lava fragments (tephra) fall to the ground on the cone and downwind. Below the cone, small lava fountains and flows erupt from a small fissure.
Title: Lava fountain at Kilauea
Credit: http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/Imgs/Jpg/Tephra/dds24-112_caption.html
Author: C. Heliker (US Geological Survey)
Permission: Per source images page, "Unless noted on the image and caption, the photographs were taken by scientists of the U.S. Geological Survey and are in the public domain." Image contains no note.
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License: Public domain
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