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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 23, 2018

By Kīlauea May 10, 2018

Activity continues in Kīlauea Volcano's lower East Rift Zone

 

Lava berm across roadway
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Fissure 6 builds a lava berm across Pohoiki Road.
View from a helicopter of the channelized lava flow and active ocea...
View from a helicopter of the channelized lava flow and active ocean entry. The fissure complex is visible in the upper center of the image.
Helicopter overflight of Kīlauea Volcano's lower East Rift Zone sho...
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Helicopter overflight of Kīlauea Volcano's lower East Rift Zone shows the lava channel emerging from Fissure 22 (not visible, but to the center, far right of the image). The lava is flowing downhill, from right to left in the photo.
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A blue burning flame of methane gas was observed in the cracks on Kahukai Street during the overnight hours. When lava buries plants and shrubs, methane gas is produced as a byproduct of burning vegetation. Methane gas can seep into subsurface voids and explode when heated, or as shown in this video, emerge from cracks in the ground several feet away from the lava. When ignited, the methane produces a blue flame.
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Helicopter overflight of lower East Rift Zone ocean entry and fissure complex on May 23, 2018, around 8:00 AM HST.

 Explosions continue at Kīlauea Volcano's summit

Explosions continue at Kīlauea Volcano's summit...
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Multiple explosions at Kīlauea's summit occurred throughout today, with some of the ash plumes rising 6,000 to 7,000 feet above sea level. HVO scientists keeping tabs on the explosions from a safe distance captured these images. This photo was taken at 10:36 a.m. HST.
A telephoto lens zoomed in on this ash plume at 12:55 p.m. HST. US...
A telephoto lens zoomed in on this ash plume at 12:55 p.m. HST. USGS photo by D. Swanson.
In this image, taken around 3:28 p.m. HST, ash falling from the plu...
A pulse of ash rises from Halema‘uma‘u as part of semi-continuous emissions at Kīlauea's summit today. Ash can be seen falling from the plume as it is blown downwind in this image, taken around 3:28 p.m. HST. USGS photo by I. Johanson.

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