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By mid-afternoon, when these photos were taken, the drop in the lava lake level was obvious. A "bathtub ring" of black lava forming a rim on the vent wall (between the lighter-colored rocks higher in the wall and the surface of the lava lake) provides a record of the lake's previous higher level. Photo taken Thursday, April 27, 2017 courtesy of USGS/HVO

By mid-afternoon, when these photos were taken, the drop in the lava lake level was obvious. A “bathtub ring” of black lava forming a rim on the vent wall (between the lighter-colored rocks higher in the wall and the surface of the lava lake) provides a record of the lake’s previous higher level. Photo taken Thursday, April 27, 2017 courtesy of USGS/HVO

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