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This time-lapse image sequence taken by a time-lapse camera on the rim of Pu‘u‘ō‘ō's west pit, spans March 20 to April 18. The sequence, of approximately one image per day, shows the growth of the lava pond within the west pit as it developed into a perched lava pond. This sequence is looped 4 times.