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Originally Posted by Taylor
Looks photoshopped to me. Just saying.
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Some people think that but who knows, either way it's pretty cool looking! There are many other pics of the same eruption showing burned but not completely destroyed coconut palms. The camera angle does make it look huge but it was only about 3 stories high.
Here is a good picture for size comparison. Notice the still standing coconut palms at the edge of the flow on the right side.
http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/kilauea/histo..._JPE_large.jpg
Plenty more cool pics here.
The 1960 Kapoho Eruption of Kilauea Volcano, 1960, Hawai`i