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NASA Satellite Images Show Fissures from Hawaii Volcano

Hawaii volcano
ASTER image acquired May 6 picks up hotspots on the thermal infrared bands – shown in yellow. These hotspots are newly formed fissures and lava flows. (Credits: NASA/METI/AIST/Japan Space Systems, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team)
ALIFORNIA—(ENEWSPF)—May 8, 2018
By: Esprit Smith

The eruption of Kilauea Volcano on the island of Hawaii triggered a number of gas- and lava-oozing fissures in the East Riff Zone of the volcano. The fissures and high levels of sulfur dioxide…

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