Small levee overflow

Following a brief—about one day—decrease in activity from November 7–8, the effusion rate within Halema‘uma‘u crater increased again on November 9. The active lava lake surface, which significantly shrunk during the lower-level of activity, has since grown back to it's previous size. This photo shows lava overtopping a small levee on the lake surface that formed as the lake extent retreated last week. USGS photo by B. Carr.