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PIT CRATERS AND OPEN 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. October 12, 2006.
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PIT CRATERS ANDOPEN VERTICAL VOLCANIC CONDUITSOF 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
October 12, 2006 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.
Hapai Mamo Pit, Mauna Loa Credit: NASA/JPL/UofAZ
Furna do Enxofre Lake
~ Algar do CarvaoTerceira, Azores
Section ofThe Great Crack, Hawaii Island, HI Aerial photo by: NASA
N 5 km NASA /JPL /ASU credit 1995 Funnel Pits
“Jeanne” NASA THEMIS visual image, GRL L17201 Wood Valley Pit Crater, Kau Desert, HI Photo and map by:Gerald Favre
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.