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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 6, 2004

Sluggish Banana breakouts

This is a photo of lava oozing from inflating flow 350 m from base of Paliuli.
Lava oozing from inflating flow 350 m from base of Paliuli. Note how lava emerges on both sides of floating crust. Width of active toe, 2 m.
This is a photo of floating crust surrounded by oozing lava.
Similar kind of sluggish breakout, again with floating crust surrounded by oozing lava. Width of breakout, 2 m.

 

This is a photo of floating crust surrounded by oozing lava.
Same breakout as in right above, showing context in middle of inflating flow with few breakouts. Pulama pali forms most of background.
This is a photo of a breakout about 200 m from Paliuli.
Breakout about 200 m from Paliuli, looking west at nearly full Flower Moon and reddening skies of sunrise. Sun is about to rise in eastern sky.

 

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