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Rare Explosion Jolts Hawaii Volcano

By MARK NIESSE, Associated Press Writer, Space & Earth science / Earth Sciences
Volcanic gas escapes from a vent in the Halemaumau Crater near the Jaggar Museum inside Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Tuesday March 18 2008 on the Big Island town of Volcano Hawaii. (AP PhotoMarco Garcia)
Volcanic gas escapes from a vent in the Halemaumau Crater near the Jaggar Museum inside Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Tuesday, March 18, 2008 on the Big Island town of Volcano, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)

(AP) -- An explosion atop the long-erupting Kilauea volcano rained gravel-size rocks onto a tourist lookout, road and trail before dawn Wednesday, injuring no one but forcing parts of a national park to close.



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