Chunk of National Park Collapses Into the Pacific
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About 44 acres of coastline collapsed into the ocean in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, setting loose a glowing stream of lava that shot out from the newly exposed cliff wall 45 feet above the water.
The plume, 6 feet in diameter, sent up a tower of steam as it hit the water and began forming a ramp of new land. The collapse of the lava shelf and cliff was the largest since Kilauea Volcano began its current eruption in 1983.
“The cliff just caved away like a glacier,” said park spokesman Jim Gale.
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