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Description: Halema'uma'u inside Kilauea: On the left, Kilaueas shield of hundred year old lava, browned by time, stretches on for several kilometers. On the right, Halema'uma'us fresh black lava flows. Forty years ago, it collapsed to a 600 meter deep hole, 3km across. Since then, the flows have built up 400 meters: the cliff between the two craters is about 200 meters.
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