Red-hot lava fountains erupt along a mile-long fracture on the Northeast Rift of Mauna Loa Volcano in Hawaii in 1984. The "smoke" seen in this air view is volcanic gas -- steam, carbon dioxide, and sulfur dioxide -- boiling out of the newly erupted lava.                                                                          U.S. Geolgical Survey photo by R.W. Decker

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