Images

This map shows recent changes to Kīlauea's East Rift Zone lava flow field. The area of the active flow field as of June 28 is shown in pink, while widening and advancement of the active flow as mapped on June 30 is shown in red. Older Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō lava flows (1983-2016) are shown in gray.

A section of the channelized ‘A‘ā, with what appears to be a small surge of lava moving through the channel.

Another skylight opened up in the past few days, exposing a long section of the lava stream.

A view looking up the pali, with the channels feeding lava to the flow front, which is spreading out at the base of the pali in the bottom of the photograph.

Just above the steep section of the pali, the lava flow transitions from tube-fed pāhoehoe to the open channels that are feeding lava at the flow front.

The flow front reached the base of the pali yesterday, and over the past day has begun spreading out a short distance onto the coastal plain. Channelized ‘A‘ā remains active on the steep portion of the pali, with several parallel channels of swiftly moving lava.

A look into one of several skylights on the lava tube. The brightest area is the open lava stream.

A video showing the channelized flow near the flow front.

A close-up of clinker at the flow front.

Up close view of the front of the ‘A‘ā flow.

The flow front was reaching the base of the pali today, burning vegetation in the adjacent kipuka. The front consisted of ‘A‘ā that was fed by a narrow channel extending down the steep section of the pali.

The flow front as it approaches another mango tree.

A video of the flow front moving through vegetation.

Close view of ‘A‘ā blocks in the channel of the flow.

A mango tree is surrounded by the ‘A‘ā flow.

The flow front was supplied by a narrow channelized section on the steep portion of the pali.

Another view of the flow front, contrasting the hot fluid core of the flow (red) with the brittle clinker (black) that forms the flow exterior.

A typical boundary between crustal plates on the lava lake surface. The plate in the upper left is moving towards the upper left corner of the image.

The active lava flow from Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō was on the slope near the top of the Pūlama pali today, one of the steep escarpments on Kīlauea's southeast flank, and had transitioned into a channelized ‘A‘ā flow. The view is to the northwest.

At the time the photograph was taken, the active lava flow from Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō was on the slope near the top of the Pūlama pali, one of the steep escarpments on Kīlauea's southeast flank, and had transitioned into a channelized ‘a‘ā flow.

This small-scale map shows Kīlauea's active East Rift Zone lava flow field in relation to the southeastern part of the Island of Hawai‘i. The area of the active flow field on June 23 is shown in pink, while widening and advancement of the active flow field as mapped on June 28 is shown in red. Older Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō lava flows (1983-2016) are shown in gray.