09-06-2014, 02:49 AM
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Originally posted by pahoated The mechanisms of Puu Oo are quite different from Kilauea.
You've got your terminology wrong. Kilauea is the name of the volcano. Halemaumau is the crater at the summit currently in eruption with a lava lake. Puu Oo is a cone on the east rift zone currently erupting a lava flow. Puu Oo and Halemaumau are both on Kilauea.