Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 9, 2004

Lazy toe forming at front of Banana flow. Good lighting shows off wrinkles in crust on toe. Width of toe, about 1 m.

Small toes move across ground surface in early morning sun. Width of view, 2 m.

Toe fed by small opening in inflating flow. Lava pours to side from under crust as it reaches base of short decline. Width of toe, about 1 m.

Looking upstream at track of Banana flow in the pali system. Fume marks places where gas rises from lava in tube and reaches surface. The kipuka surrounded by Banana flow, at 10 o'clock from center, is same as that shown in first image of May 7 below. Largest pali is Pulama pali. Kipuka is on gentle slope between Pulama pali and the Holei Pali-Paliuli terrain.