PIT CRATERS AND OPEN VERTICAL VOLCANIC CONDUITS OF EARTH AND MARS
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PIT CRATERS ANDOPEN VERTICAL VOLCANIC CONDUITS
OF EARTH AND MARS
• William R. Halliday• Arni Stefansson• Gerald Favre
Kau Desert Pit Crater,Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii
The bottom of the pit is visible in this stretched image due to scattered
light. Credit: NASA/JPL/UofAZ
Profiles of crater in 1923 and 2006. Earlier overhang has fallen in, but the crater itself has not widened appreciably. Profile in 1923 was drawn by Thomas Boles, Hawaii National
Park superintendent and member of party that made the Devil's Throat descent.
October 12, 2006
par Michel Bakalowicz
Hapai Mamo Pit, Mauna Loa
Credit: NASA/JPL/UofAZ
Parrot Pit
Na One Pit,Hualalai Volcano, HI
Malekule Pit Crater, HI
Furna do Enxofre
Lake
From Maciolek, 1982
Algar do CarvaoTerceira, Azores
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- A. Stefansson
Aerial photo by: NASA
Section ofThe Great Crack, Hawaii Island, HI
NASA /JPL /ASU credit
5 km
N
Funnel Pits1995
NASA THEMIS visual image, GRL L17201
Wood Valley Pit Crater, Kau Desert, HIPhoto and map by:
Gerald Favre
“Jeanne”
Acknowledgements
We thank NASA/JPL/UofAriz. for orbital photography, USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory for Volcano Watch 10/12/06, page 1, Greg Middleton for wide angle photographs of Algar do Enxofre, and
cartographers M. Bakalowicz, A. Corbel, A.Fossemale, J. Hangald as cited,andJody Bailey for technical assistance.