FRESH FLOW: A new, thin flow of pahoehoe lava extended from a Kilauea Volcano fissure, toppling tree ferns and a few ohia trees. The fissure had stopped erupting by the time this photo was taken after 8 a.m. yesterday. Hawaiian Volcano Observatory geologist Tim Orr is pictured. COURTESY CHRISTINA HELIKER / HVO
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