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Lava flows again inside Halemaumau Crater atop Kilauea Volcano

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                                The lava lake in Halemaumau Crater atop Kilauea Volcano slowly rose at 2:15 a.m. Monday as a gas plume continued to drift to the southwest.
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The lava lake in Halemaumau Crater atop Kilauea Volcano slowly rose at 2:15 a.m. Monday as a gas plume continued to drift to the southwest.

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                                Above, scientists monitor the new eruption.
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Above, scientists monitor the new eruption.

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                                Above, a helicopter view of the crater at 11:20 a.m. Monday. Two of the three fissures were still active, feeding lava into a new lava lake at Kilauea’s summit, according to USGS
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Above, a helicopter view of the crater at 11:20 a.m. Monday. Two of the three fissures were still active, feeding lava into a new lava lake at Kilauea’s summit, according to USGS

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                                A steam and gas plume from the eruption rose Sunday from Halemaumau crater at Kilauea Volcano’s summit. Lava inside the crater illuminates the steam produced by the lava boiling off the summit lake water in the base of the crater, scientists said.
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A steam and gas plume from the eruption rose Sunday from Halemaumau crater at Kilauea Volcano’s summit. Lava inside the crater illuminates the steam produced by the lava boiling off the summit lake water in the base of the crater, scientists said.

COURTESY U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
                                The lava lake in Halemaumau Crater atop Kilauea Volcano slowly rose at 2:15 a.m. Monday as a gas plume continued to drift to the southwest.
COURTESY U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
                                Above, scientists monitor the new eruption.
COURTESY U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
                                Above, a helicopter view of the crater at 11:20 a.m. Monday. Two of the three fissures were still active, feeding lava into a new lava lake at Kilauea’s summit, according to USGS
COURTESY U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
                                A steam and gas plume from the eruption rose Sunday from Halemaumau crater at Kilauea Volcano’s summit. Lava inside the crater illuminates the steam produced by the lava boiling off the summit lake water in the base of the crater, scientists said.