lava enters the ocean along a broad front where a lava river from the Kilauea Volcano east rift zone near Pahoa meets the sea in Kapoho, Hawaii

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lava enters the ocean along a broad front where a lava river, emanating from Fissure 8 of the Kilauea Volcano east rift zone near Pahoa meets the sea just south of Cape Kumukahi, Kapoho, Puna District, Hawaii Island ( the Big Island ), Hawaiian Islands, ( Pacific Ocean ), creating clouds of steam and acid known as laze

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Location: Kapoho, HI, USA
Photo credit: © Doug Perrine / Alamy / Afripics
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