Mauna Loa Eruption Causing Destruction at Ho‘ōpūloa Village
Black and white photograph of a village near the ocean. The water is present on the bottom right of the photograph near the sloped, rocky shoreline to the left. Above the water level, a dirt road runs from the left side of the image towards the right. A large house that sits furthest above the water on top of a rocky hill towards the right side is being damaged by a lava flow. Elevated land to the left emits clouds of smoke and areas of fire, reaching the road. Behind the house to the left, a large, dark cloud of smoke rises. There are still spots of standing vegetation before the lava eventually reaches the water. Handwriting along the bottom reads, “April 19, 1926, Red-Hot Lava Streaming Down Over The Doomed Hawaiian Village Of Hoopuloa 4:15A.M.” “Tai Sing Loo, copyright 1926” is written in the bottom left corner.
Mauna Loa eruption of ‘a‘ā lava flow causing destruction at Ho‘ōpūloa village, captured by Tai Sing Loo at 4:15AM on April 18, 1926.
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Loo, Tai Sing - US Navy
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