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Map showing flow field changes

Detailed Description

This map shows recent changes to Kīlauea's active East Rift Zone lava flow field. The area of the flow on November 12 is shown in pink, while widening and advancement of the flow as mapped on December 3 is shown in red. Changes shown at near the east edge of the map extent reflect updated ground mapping, not new flows. The yellow lines show the active lava tube system. Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō lava flows erupted prior to June 27, 2014, are shown in gray.

The base map is a partly transparent 1:24,000-scale USGS digital topographic map draped over a 10-m digital elevation model (DEM).