MAKE A MEME View Large Image Mauna Loa Volcano.jpg Mauna Loa Volcano towers nearly 3 000 m above the much smaller Kilauea Volcano caldera in left center Hualalai Volcano is in upper right In recent years Mauna Loa has not erupted with the frequency of Kilauea but its ...
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Keywords: Mauna Loa Volcano.jpg Mauna Loa Volcano towers nearly 3 000 m above the much smaller Kilauea Volcano caldera in left center Hualalai Volcano is in upper right In recent years Mauna Loa has not erupted with the frequency of Kilauea but its 33 historical eruptions have on average generated much larger volumes of lava on a daily basis -- more than 10 times the lava output from Kilauea's current Pu`u`O`o eruption Lava flows on Mauna Loa tend to travel much longer distances in a shorter period of time than those on Kilauea Thus warnings and notifications in the first few hours of an eruption are critical for public safety http //hvo wr usgs gov/maunaloa/4303062_photocaption html U S Geological Survey 1985-01-10 J D Griggs PD-USGov Mauna Loa Aerial photographs of Kīlauea Hualālai
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