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Black lava sand beach known locally as the Drainpipe - now destroyed by lavaflow

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Description

Black lava sand beach known locally as the Drainpipe - now destroyed by lavaflow. (Image credit: Commander John Bortniak)

Photographer

Commander John Bortniak

Location

Hawaii, Hawaii

NOAA Affiliation

NOAA Corps (ret.)

Keywords

Coastline

Hawaii

Project

Photo Library