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Helicopter overflight of a braided lava channel on June 11, 2018, a...

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Helicopter overflight of a braided lava channel on June 11, 2018, around 6:30 AM. The three closely spaced lava fountains at Fissure 8 continue to feed a channelized flow trending north and then east to the ocean entry at Kapoho. Very minor spillovers are occurring at multiple places along the channel but have uniformly been short lived and are not threatening areas that were not previously covered by lava.