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Lava flows spilled from Halema`uma`u pit crater (top left) from early 1800s to 1921 to build low shield on southwest caldera floor
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Uwekahuna Bluff, highest point of Kilauea's summit and location of USGS's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory and Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park's Jaggar Museum
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Lava flows and possible intrusion exposed in Uwekahuna Bluff in the west wall of Kilauea Caldera
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Ecological zone of the upland forests and woodlands on the northwest side of Kilauea Caldera
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Collapsed "blocks" along western caldera wall, and Halema`uma`u pit crater
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Down-faulted blocks or landslide on caldera wall below northeast caldera rim
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Hawaiian Volcano Observatory and the National Park Service's Jaggar Museum atop Uwekahuna Bluff; lava flows on gentle slope spilled from a shield that grew before the current caldera formed
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Kilauea Iki (crater in top center) in front of `Aila`au shield on east side of caldera, and Mauna Ulu shield (right skyline) on east rift zone
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Lava flows and explosive deposits exposed on steep southwest caldera wall
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Aerial view of Halema`uma`u Crater and start of southwest rift zone within Kilauea Caldera
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Aerial view of ground cracks and eruptive fissures along the uppermost southwest rift zone leading from Halema`uma`u; lava flow erupted in 1971
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Crack and eruptive fissure along Kilauea's southwest rift zone adjacent to Crater Rim Drive
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Aerial view of Halema`uma`u (upper right) and innermost caldera fault (left); dark lava flow erupted in 1974
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Lava flow erupted in 1971 abuts the low southwest caldera wall, which is draped by the Keanakako`i Ash Member, erupted most recently in 1790 A.D., and overlying pumice deposit from about 1820
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