Images

A small breakout from the inflated June 27th lava flow near the Pāhoa cemetery overwhelms a fence and pushes toward a tree during the late morning of Thursday, November 6, 2014.

This aerial view of the June 27th lava flow on Nov. 5, 2014, shows the stalled flow front, about 155 meters (170 yards) from Pāhoa Village Road (lower right corner). Clearly visible smoke plumes above and below Cemetery Road are due to burning vegetation at the sites of lava breakouts along the flow.

Closer view of breakout described in photo to the left.

A comparison of a normal photograph with a thermal image of the flow front. The warm (but not hot) temperatures (red and orange) around the leading tip of the flow indicate that no surface flows are active in this area. Several small breakouts are active a short distance upslope, near the cemetery, and are visible by their higher temperatures (yellow, white).

This map uses a satellite image acquired in March 2014 (provided by Digital Globe) as a base at 1:13,000 scale to show the area around the front of the June 27th lava flow. The area of the flow on November 3, 2014, at 11:30 AM is shown in pink, while widening and advancement of the flow as mapped on November 5 at 1:00 PM is shown in red.

This large-scale map shows the distal part of the June 27th flow in relation to nearby Puna communities. The area of the flow on November 3, 2014, at 11:30 AM is shown in pink, while widening and advancement of the flow as mapped on November 5, at 1:00 PM is shown in red.

Closeup of breakout 2.5 km (1.5 miles) above AP‘A‘ā Street. Red glow is from both burning vegetation and active pāhoehoe lobes. Gray streaks are accumulations of ash where vegetation has burned on the flow surface.

A small finger of lava has advanced into the vegetation just east of Kaohe Homesteads, on the south side of the flow. Active lava is visible near the bottom right of the image.

This small-scale map shows the June 27th lava flow in Kīlauea's East Rift Zone in relation to lower Puna. The area of the flow on November 3, 2014, at 11:30 AM is shown in pink, while widening and advancement of the flow as mapped on November 5 at 1:00 PM is shown in red.

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 photo at very bottom right. Smoke plumes are visible above town, caused by burning vegetation at the site of lava breakouts.

Looking roughly northeast, along the flow path, towards Pāhoa (just visible at the top of the photo). Brown scars in the forest on the left of the photo mark previous brush fires, sparked by the heat of the lava.

Viscous pāhoehoe oozes from the margin of the June 27th lava flow about 370 meters (405 yards) above AP‘A‘ā St. This area was the most active as observed during field work on Tuesday, November 4, 2014.

Small breakouts occur from an inflating pāhoehoe lobe in a privately owned orchard.

This large-scale map shows the distal part of the June 27th flow in relation to nearby Puna communities. The area of the flow on November 1, 2014, at 11:00 AM is shown in pink, while widening and advancement of the flow as mapped on November 3, at 11:30 AM is shown in red.

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 1, 2014, at 11:00 AM is shown in pink, while widening and advancement of the flow as mapped on November 3 at 11:30 AM is shown in red.

This small-scale map shows the June 27th lava flow in Kīlauea's East Rift Zone in relation to lower Puna. The area of the flow on November 1, 2014, at 11:00 AM is shown in pink, while widening and advancement of the flow as mapped on November 3 at 11:30 AM is shown in red.

A breakout occurs from an inflated lobe of the June 27th lava flow on Sunday morning, November 2, 2014. Scattered breakouts like this, which took place about 200 meters (218 yards) upslope of the stalled leading edge, have been common over the past few days and are filling in low points behind the flow front.

An HVO geologist maps the margin of the June 27th lava flow using GPS. Mapping on foot like this can be difficult in thick forest due to downed trees covering the edge of the flow.

A pāhoehoe toe oozes out of the northern margin of the June 27th lava flow in thick forest, about 300 meters (328 yards) upslope of the leading edge of the flow

Sluggish pāhoehoe breakouts were present along the south margin of the June 27th lava flow on Saturday morning about 100 meters (109 yards) upslope of the leading edge of the flow.

A methane explosion in the ground adjacent to the flow margin threw these blocks of older lava, some up to half a meter (yard) in diameter, a distance of several meters (yards) onto the flow surface. Just to the left of the geologists is a crater of disrupted ground, with overturned blocks of older lava up to a meter (yard) in size.