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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - July 12, 2016

By Kīlauea July 12, 2016

Flow front activity persists, but advance still slow

 

Flow front activity persists, but advance still slow...
Surface breakouts remained active on the pali and coastal plain, but the leading tip of the flow has advanced little since mapping on Sunday. This morning, the flow front was about 940 m (0.6 miles) from the ocean. Activity upslope of the flow front was widening the flow margins. In this photo, the active flow is the lighter colored area.
Above the pali there are no surface breakouts, and lava is carried ...
Above the pali there are no surface breakouts, and lava is carried downslope within the subsurface lava tube system. The trace of the lava tubes is evident by the line of fuming point sources along the flow. Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō, and the vent for the current flow, are in the upper left portion of the photo.

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