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Vent Area, Kilauea, Hawaii

Target Name:  Earth's Volcanos
Produced by:  L. Gaddis and LPI

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The December 1974 lava flow erupted from a series of en echelon fissures close to the summit of Kilauea Caldera. Here is an example of a fissure approximately 2 meters (6.6 feet) wide. Fissures of comparable dimensions may also have been the vents for the flows on the flanks of Sif Mons, Venus.

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