Images

Helicopter view of the June 27th flow tip showing areas of active lava on the morning of November 10. Smoke from burning vegetation rises from the north margin of the flow.

This small-scale map shows the June 27th lava flow on Kīlauea's East Rift Zone in relation to lower Puna. The area of the flow on November 7, 2014, at 3:30 PM is shown in pink, while widening and advancement of the flow as mapped on November 10 at 10:45 AM is shown in red.

Helicopter view looking west across the lower part of the June 27th lava flow. Smoke plumes show areas of active lava breakouts. The transfer station is in the middle of the image (white roofed structures). At upper left, smoke rises from the margin of a new, northeastward directed finger of lava.

Active flow lobes burn grass in the pasture just across Cemetery Road / AP‘A‘ā Street from the Pāhoa transfer station.

The inflated flow field below the Pāhoa cemetery looking northeast toward the houses on Pāhoa Village Road. Note geologist in the center of the photo for scale.

Lava pours from an active breakout near the Pāhoa transfer station.

A new lobe of lava burned along Cemetery Road / AP‘A‘ā Street after it crossed early Sunday morning.

An active flow above Cemetery Road / AP‘A‘ā Street is within approximately 20 meters (22 yards) of the Pāhoa transfer station fence.

The active flow lobe advancing along Cemetery Road / AP‘A‘ā Street approaches a new steel power pole that is surrounded by a cinder barrier.

Breakouts remain active in the area of the cemetery, which is just beyond the row of small trees in the center of the photograph. The smoke plume is from an active breakout burning the pasture grass.

Although the leading tip of the June 27th flow remains stalled, breakouts continue to be active upslope. This breakout was active about 400 meters (0.25 miles) upslope of Cemetery Road / AP‘A‘ā Street.

One of many fallen trees on the lava flow surface.

This map uses a satellite image acquired in March 2014 (provided by Digital Globe) as a base to show the area around the front of the June 27th lava flow. The area of the flow on November 5, 2014, at 1:00 PM is shown in pink, while widening and advancement of the flow as mapped on November 7 at 3:30 PM is shown in red.

The camera housing had partially melted, but the electronics and camera inside were not damaged.

A timelapse camera that USGS HVO scientists were using to monitor a lava tube skylight was caught in an overflow this morning. In this view, recent lava has surrounded the tripod and melted the power cable.

The main mode of growth of the June 27th lava flow over the past several days has been inflation (thickening) of the flow. The photos above were taken where lava crossed AP‘A‘ā Street / Cemetery Road. On October 25 (left), just a few hours after the flow crossed the road, the lava was only about 3 feet thick.

The June 27th lava flow remains active above Pāhoa. The tip of the flow remains stalled about 155 meters (170 yards) from Pāhoa Village Road, which crosses the middle of the photo. Smoke plumes are visible above town, caused by burning vegetation at the site of lava breakouts. Highway 130 is at the bottom of this photo, which was taken from a helicopter.

Another helicopter view of the active June 27th lava flow above Pāhoa. Smoke plumes are caused by burning vegetation at the site of lava breakouts along the margins of the flow. AP‘A‘ā Street / Cemetery Road, partially covered by lava, is in the foreground.

An aerial view into a skylight revealed flowing lava in the main tube feeding the June 27th lava flow. The large opening is about 7 meters (7.5 yards) across.

This image shows a comparison of a normal photograph of the flow front with a thermal image of roughly the same area. The thermal image clearly shows the distribution of active breakouts (white and yellow spots), some of which were active around the cemetery.

This view from the helicopter shows the light gray, recent pāhoehoe lava that emerged from the tube skylight and nearly destroyed two timelapse cameras. The summit of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō is out of view at upper right.