The 1955 eruption of Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii /

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Imprint:Washington, D.C. : United States Department of Agriculture, 1955.
Description:1 online resource (13 min.)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Video Streaming Video
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13644892
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Sound characteristics:digital
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Title from resource description page (viewed April 08, 2016).
In English.
Summary:This film documents the 1955 eruption of Kilauea from the first opening of fissures in the ground, through the appearance of lava, the formation of cone and flows, the display of lava fountains, and the pillows of rising steam as one lava river reached the sea and set the ocean boiling. It also discusses the difference between Pahoehoe and A'a lava flows.