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Breakouts on the June 27th lava flow remain active northeast of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō. A new, small, breakout appeared recently from the tube adjacent to Pu‘u Kahauale‘a, the small forested cone near the center of the photograph. The new breakout is the light-colored curved flow in the left portion of the photograph. Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō is in the upper right portion of the photo.
The farthest active breakout on the June 27th flow reached about 8 km (5 miles) northeast of the vent on Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō. The tip of this breakout was narrow and burning forest. Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō is at the top of the photograph.
A small breakout from an inflated portion of the June 27th flow. Large gas bubbles reach the surface near the source of the breakout, and are then carried and deformed as the surface advances and cools.
The June 27th flow covers much of the top of the photograph, and recent expansion of the flow margins has sent lava cascading into one of the ponds on the 2007 perched lava channel. This 2007 lava fills the bottom of the photograph, and is covered with yellow alteration.
Over the past week small flows have filled the bottom of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō Crater. These flows originated from vents in the south portion of the crater, and one of the flows can be seen near the center of the photograph.
The Overlook crater lava lake, within Halema‘uma‘u Crater at Kīlauea's summit, has been rising over the past few days, and today reached the highest point yet measured for the current summit eruption. The lava lake this afternoon was 20 meters (66 feet) below the Overlook crater rim.
