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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - August 20, 2003

By Kīlauea August 20, 2003

Nice way to start the day

 

photo of lave
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Burning `ohi`a tree surrounded by lava at southwest corner of Kohola flow on coastal flat. In upper right are distant cascades down Holei Pali, 850 meters away.
photo of lave
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Same tree as in above image, but 14 minutes later. One trunk of tree has fallen onto crusted flow with incandescent areas. Standing trunk is about 2 meters high.
photo of lave
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Crusting breakout from flow that surrounded tree (upper left).
photo of lave
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Looking up Kohola from its southwest terminus, showing cascade on Holei Pali in background. All lava in image comes from Kohola arm of Mothers' Day flow, but cascades are in separate branch from that which feeds foreground lava. Main tube in Kohola is above cascades and carries lava farther east (right) than shown in image. The tube descends Paliuli and feeds flow on coastal flat that spreads southwestward, to area shown in photograph, as well as southeastward.
photo of lave
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Breakout near southwest front of Kohola, oozing along through sparse grassland. Visitors in distance admire another breakout. View looks west, with distant Holei Pali in upper right.
photo of lave
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Heat shimmer above breakout blurs visitors in distance. View looks upstream, toward Pulama pali. Lava flows around tumulus in several-hundred-year-old pahoehoe flow.
photo of lave
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Lava snaking around another small tumulus in old flow. Cascade on Holei Pali in background. Width of active front, about 1.5 meters.
photo of lave
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Head-on view of breakout curving around old tumulus and burning grass at active front. Cascade on Holei Pali in background. Width of incandescence, 3-4 meters.

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