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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - August 5, 2003

By Kīlauea August 5, 2003

Lava does the two step: Holei and Paliuli

 

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Looking east at small lava cascades on Paliuli. Lava comes down Holei Pali in eastern cluster of cascades fed by breakout from tube below elbow in Kohola armeters. Lava then flows through tubes across slope below Holei Pali and finally meets Paliuli.
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Lava cascades on Paliuli below western cluster of cascades on Holei Pali (background). Smoke comes from burning tree along edge of flow. Flow front at bottom of image has just reached coastal flat at base of Paliuli.
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Crack at top of Paliuli is filling with lava coming down slope from eastern cluster of cascades on Holei Pali. Note recent drapery on uphill side of crack. Height of drapery, about 3 meters.

 

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Detail of lava flowing into crack in above image. Width of flow, about 1 meter.
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Fan of lava building outward from Paliuli, below eastern cluster of cascades on Holei Pali. Image taken from top of Paliuli, looking southeast.
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Photographer urging on breakout from small tumulus on slope between Holei Pali and Paliuli.
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Small skylight in tube on slope below eastern cluster of cascades on Holei Pali. Lava flowing through this tube eventually descends Paliuli to fan shown in above image above.
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Looking up western edge of western cluster of cascades on Holei Pali. Front of westernmost flow on slope above Paliuli is in foreground. Relief, about 40 meters.

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