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Title: Mauna Loa Volcano Hawaii -- 1930s Eruption (Part 5 of 5)

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Part 5 of 5

Remarkable silent film, 16mm Kodachrome movie film. Probably the first color film ever made of a volcanic eruption. Mokuaweoweo Crater eruption filmed probably in late 1935 by Harold T. Stearns, a USGS Hydrologist-Volcanologist. The lava fountains are hundreds of feet high, the erupting fissure inside the crater is about two thousand feet long. The crater floor is at an elevation of 13,100' ASL.

Location: HI, USA

Date Taken: 1/1/1930

Length: 0:00

Video Producer: Harold T. Sterans , U.S. Geological Survey

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View parts 1 through 5:

• Part 1
• Part 2
• Part 3
• Part 4
• Part 5

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