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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - August 1, 2003

By Kīlauea August 1, 2003

Sweeping breakout 600 m from Paliuli and later aerial views

 

photo of lave
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From same place as above image, showing in greater detail the 3-meter-wide bend in the breakout channel. Note rafts of crust with complex folds and wrinkles.
photo of lave
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Large breakout coming frometers tumulus (right). Lava flows northeast and then enters sweeping curve that takes it southeast. Breakout started less than 5 minutes earlier, suddenly gushing frometers tumulus. At bend, channel is 3 meters wide. Note person in right-center background.
photo of lave
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Same breakout as above, but viewed from east, not northeast. Breakout is waning, and more crust has formed all along channel, in particular in distal areas.

 

photo of lave
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Looking up channel of breakout, showing lava emerging frometers under crust at front, which is 5-meters wide.
photo of lave
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Aerial view of recently and actively emplaced part of Kohola arm on coastal flat. Shiny, light gray rock is youngest. Note lobate pattern of flow front. Images above were taken near stringy "feelers" right (east) of tip of front.
photo of lave
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View of west branch of Kohola arm, with newest strand, narrow and light gray, moving southward from main branch and nearing top of Holei Pali. Lava began flowing down Holei at 1745 later today. See large view for annotations.

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