This thermal image shows the perched lava pond (bright yellow) in the west pit within the crater of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘Å. A recent overflow (orange) from the pond is filling a portion of the moat between the perched pond and the Pu‘u ‘Ō‘Šcrater wall. Photo taken Friday, April 13, 2018 courtesy of U.S. Geological Survey
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