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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - April 8, 2003

By Kīlauea April 8, 2003

Breakouts in the Kohola flow

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Rather wide breakout coming from inflating tumulus (right) and moving slowly toward photographer. Note deep, widely spaced corrugations and wrinkles in crust on decelerating flow.

 

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Slow breakout oozing from same location as that in left image but 11 minutes later and with different photographer in action.
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Inflation of interior of flow is lifting edge of flow upward off ground surface, exposing incandescent interior. Old ground surface is in foreground and projects beneath incandescence. Width of view, about 2 meters. Image taken with flash
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Here comes the sun over breakout shown in above right.

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