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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - July 24, 2018

By Kīlauea July 24, 2018

Kīlauea Lower East Rift Zone

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Fissure 8 lava channel viewed from the morning overflight today. A robust volcanic gas plume rises from the fissure 8 vent in the distance.
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The ocean entry has expanded to the southwest through a series of lava "ooze-outs" from the southern flow margin that organized into an incipient channel. As of this morning, the flow margin was in or at the edge of Isaac Hale Park, approximately 175 m (575 ft) from the Pohoiki boat ramp. Unfortunately, the view was obscured by laze (the smaller plume below the larger laze plume) during the overflight.

 

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The Hawaii County Fire Department captured this image of Isaac Hale Park and boat ramp during their overflight of the area late this afternoon.

 

Kīlauea summit

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A collapse event occurred at the summit of Kīlauea this morning (July 24, 2018) at 6:41 a.m. HST, releasing energy equivalent to a magnitude-5.3 earthquake, which is similar to that released by previous collapse events. In this video, watch as today's event unfolds from the perspective of HVO's live-stream camera. At 6:41:08 (time stamp at upper left), a small tree along the right margin of the video begins to sway. At 6:41:10, a pressure wave passes through the steam plume in the crater, and light is reflected back to the camera (highlights the passage of the expanding sound energy through the air. At 6:41:11, a rockfall begins on the South Sulphur Banks, a distant light-colored scarp on the left.
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Dust rising from the south side of the crater produced by a prolonged rockfall this afternoon.

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