Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - July 10, 2004

This is a photo of a stream of lava pouring from high on eastern Banana delta and joining other ocean entries.

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Stream of lava pours from high on eastern Banana delta and joins other ocean entries. Largest area of lava near left edge of image collapsed later, as shown below. Total relief in image, about 10 m.

This is a photo of active part of eastern Banana delta.

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Overview of active part of eastern Banana delta. Stream of lava is mostly obscured by laze. Leftmost incandescent area nearest camera is site of collapse shown below.

This is a photo of the scene of a collapse area about 10 seconds before collapse started.

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Scene of collapse area about 10 seconds before collapse started. Before next image, photographer panned to left to capture activity at far point.

This is a photo of a collapse exposing lava-filled interior of delta.

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Collapse has just started. Block is falling off area shown on left side of left image, exposing lava-filled interior of delta.

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Ten seconds later, block in right image above has disappeared and other smaller blocks are falling.

This is a photo of lava falls at eastern Banana delta.

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Camera has panned right from left image, and, 12 seconds later, show seems over. But wait, there's more! Note that stately lava falls continue to show off.

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Only 4 seconds later, slab containing the two stately falls in right image above is slipping off, and the falls are cattiwompus (to put it scientifically), not vertical, as they are carried down by the tilting slab. Notice how lava is being tossed up from behind disintegrating slab. Collapse was greeted with oohs, ahhs, and applause from assembled viewers.

This is a photo of lava still gushing from interior of delta, but collapses are no longer taking place.

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Sixteen seconds later, the show is indeed over. (One out-of-focus image, taken at 0550:08, shows nothing but steam obscuring the disappeared slab.) Lava gushes from interior of delta, but no more collapses took place. Activity such as this continued for several minutes before supply of stored lava dwindled and entry took on a more normal appearance.