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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - June 23, 2004

By Hawaiian Volcano Observatory June 23, 2004

West side ocean entry, before and after dawn; lava on Paliuli

This is a photo of lava falling, dripping, and running into water in area of former point on western delta.
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Lava falls, drips, and runs into water in area of former point on western delta. This activity is building a new, more robust point, shown in today's images. Width of widest stream, about 1 m.
This is a photo of lava building new point on western delta.
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Context for left image. Continued activity such as this is building new point on western delta. All views today are from same place, looking southwest at activity.

 

This is a photo of lava dripping, falling, and reflecting.
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More drips, falls, and reflections.
This is a photo of a blob of lava.
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Blob of lava, forlorn and short-lived, awaits wave swash to become broken into tiny bits of black, glassy sand.

 

This is a photo of a new point on western delta.
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Another view of point.
This is a photo of a stringer of lava breaking up as it falls.
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Stringer of lava breaks up as it falls, vaguely resembling red-hot link sausages.

 

This is a photo of a narrow flow with `a`a crust droping down Paliuli and grinding to a halt at base of pali.
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Narrow flow with `a`a crust drops down Paliuli and grinds to a halt at base of pali. Person near left edge of image gives scale. Flow starts from point not far above top of pali, breaking out from Banana tube.
This is a photo of a narrow flow with `a`a crust droping down Paliuli and grinding to a halt at base of pali.
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Head-on view of same flow 21 minutes later.

 

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