Kilauea Iki Crater 1959 (IMAGE)

University of Maryland

Kilauea Iki Crater 1959

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A fountain of lava erupts from Hawaii's Kilauea Iki crater on Dec. 5, 1959. Two rock samples from this eruption contain geochemical anomalies that could date back 4.5 billion years, shortly after the Earth first formed.

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USGS/J.P. Eaton

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