Living Large in Hawaii

Geologists estimate that Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, has erupted about once every six years for the past three millennia.

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NASA Earth Observatory images by Jesse Allen and Adam Voiland, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Caption by Adam Voiland.

Published November 1, 2015
Data acquired December 20, 2014

Source:

Landsat 8 > OLI