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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - August 8, 2004

By Hawaiian Volcano Observatory August 8, 2004

Vog plume just before sunrise

This is a photo of a fume rising from Pu`u `O`o and drifting down the light trade winds.
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Fume rises from Pu`u `O`o (left) and drifts down the light trade winds. This wide-angle view, taken from Chain of Craters Road just west of Kealakomo, shows fume as it passes in front of distant clouds 30 minutes before sunrise. The fume, a mixture of sulfur dioxide and other volcanic gases, becomes vog as it chemically reacts with other substances, oxidizes, and develops aerosols.
This is a photo of an uneven concentration of vog from Pu`u `O`o as it blows seaward.
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View from same location with longer lens, 10 minutes later, showing uneven concentration of the vog as blows seaward.

 

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