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Photographer: Barry Swackhamer
Taken: September 4, 2017
Caption: Mauna Loa Marker
Additional Description: Captions: (top right) Steam and other gases boil from the northeast slopes of Mauna Loa on March 25, 1984, signaling the beginning of an eruption lasting 21 days. The photo was taken near this point.; (center) Mauna Loa is the largest of the five major volcanoes on the island of Hawai'i, accounting for more than one-half the islands's land mass. Most of the volcano lies hidden below the ocean's surface. By volume, Mauna Loa is 100 times larger than Mt. Rainier, an older volcanic peak of about the same elevation in Washington state.; (center right) A fiery fountain on the flank's of Mauna Loa feeds a lava flow (lower left) during the 1984 eruption. Each eruption contributes to the growth of the volcano.
Submitted: December 4, 2017, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p406971
File Size: 3.463 Megabytes

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