Comparing Kalapana and June 27 flows provides perspective on lava advance

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To the casual observer, lava that recently flowed into the outskirts of Pahoa might look a lot like the lava that grazed the village of Kalapana in November 1986 and completely overran it in 1990. In fact, these Kilauea flows