March 1985
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Scenes from the Volcano Wilderness Marathon. Near mile 2 a series of steam vents envelope the runners; the aid station at mile 9 is well into the Ka'u Desert. The huge (and, honestly, rather uninspiring) Mauna Loa rises to 13,000 feet in the background, 10, 000 feet above the desert, (Photos: Boone Morrison)