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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - June 3, 2004

By Hawaiian Volcano Observatory June 3, 2004

Banana ocean entries survive Full Strawberry Moon and distraught noddies

This is a photo of Banana ocean entry.
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Full Strawberry Moon gazes down on photographers, who in turn gaze down on Banana ocean entry. Lava pours into sea off tip of Wilipe`a delta and off near side of delta. Note pink western sky heralding dawn.
This is a photo of Banana ocean entries.
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View of ocean entries seen by photographers in left image. Note the free fall of several streams into water off far point of Wilipe`a delta.

Two views of steaming rocks from same vantage point.

 

This is a photo of Banana ocean entry after a large wave carried in.
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Just after large wave carried in and stranded hot rocks on beach.
This is a photo of Banana ocean entry after a large wave carried in.
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Nine minutes later, rocks have cooled a little and are steaming less profusely.

 

This is a photo of a Hawaiian noddy.
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Distraught Hawaiian noddy, sea bird that nests in cliff, disturbed by heat and color new to its home. There is actually a second noddy in image. Can you find it? Hint: better use large image.
This is a photo of Hawaiian noddies.
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More Hawaiian noddies, seemingly equally concerned by the entry.

 

This is a photo of a lava stream pouring from tube and cascading down side of Wilipe`a delta.
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Lava stream 2 m wide pours from tube and cascades down side of Wilipe`a delta, creating more land in Hawai`i.
This is a photo of growing lava delta and black sand beach.
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Looking east across front of growing lava delta (steam and faint incandescence) and black sand beach beyond. Sand forms when lava enters water, quenches to glass, and is broken by surf action. Water currents carry sand and deposit it in relatively protected spots below sea cliff. Note photographers for scale in upper left. Incandescence comes from site of left image.

 

This is a photo of an ocean entry at tip of west prong of Banana flow.
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Small is beautiful. Ocean entry at tip of west prong of Banana flow, more than 600 m southwest of previous images. Lava flow is a couple of meters wide.
This is a photo of an ocean entry at tip of west prong of Banana flow.
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Same flow as in left image, but looking northeastward along front of Wilipe`a lava delta. New flow that feeds lava to water is smooth, dark rock sandwiched between knobby, lighter-colored (because of deposition of salt) surface of delta.

 

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