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Hornito

Small hornito forming on Kilauea Volcano, Hawai`i

Photograph by J.D. Griggs on 27 July 1985
 Kilauea Volcano, Hawai`i
Hornito forming on east rift zone of Kilauea during the Pu`u `O`o-Kupaianaha eruption.

Small hornito forming on Kilauea Volcano, Hawai`i

Photograph by S.R. Brantley on 24 September 1999
 Kilauea Volcano, Hawai`i
Hornito erupting from above lava tube within a few hundred meters of Pu`u `O`o vent on the east rift zone of Kilauea Volcano.

 

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