Hawaii coast line collapses, lava flows

HONOLULU, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- A 40-acre section of the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park´s coastline collapsed this week, producing a six-foot-thick geyser of molten rock.

The Tuesday collapse exposed a 60-foot cliff face, with the lava spurting from a lava tube that was ripped open. But the lava geyser was quickly disappearing as the molten flow hardened and began forming a new coastal rock bench, the Honolulu Advertiser reported Thursday.

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