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Halemaʻumaʻu Crater

Hawaii Volcano National Park, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii. Halemaʻumaʻu Crater is a pit crater located within the much larger summit caldera of Kīlauea in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. The roughly circular crater floor is 770 meters (2,530 ft) x 900 m (2,950 ft) and is 83 m (270 ft) below the floor of Kīlauea caldera. Halemaʻumaʻu is home to Pele, goddess of fire and volcanoes, according to the traditions of Hawaiian mythology. (Wikipedia) Scanned from an Ektachrome slide.

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Uploaded on February 19, 2017
Taken in January 1969