Hanauma

Koko Head Crater, Hanauma Bay Craters, and Koko Craters formed along a fissure. Magma rising in the fissure came in contact with sea water and produced violent explosions. Enough ash accumulated to fill in the ocean floor south of the Koolau Range (eroded mountains in middle of photograph). North of the east point of Oahu is Rabbit Island, another tuff cone formed during the renewed volcanism stage of volcanism. Slide courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey.



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