The summit area and northeast rift zone of Mauna Loa, Hawaii, are shown in this Landsat Thematic Mapper image, which highlights pahoehoe lava flows in red and a'a flows in black. Compare this view of the summit to the oblique view of the northwest flank (slide #2) and the summit caldera (slide #40). North is at the top. Landsat 5 path 63, row 40; image enhanced by H. Garbeil. Right click here to download a high-resolution version of the image (8.82 MB) |