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Kipuka

Photo: kipuka on Kilauea Volcano, Hawai`i
Photograph by R.B. Moore in 1977
 Kilauea Volcano, Hawai`i
Aerial view of a kipuka surrounded by a 1955 lava flow on the east rift zone of Kilauea Volcano. The whitish color of the 1955 flows is due to lichen growing on them.

 

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