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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - July 15, 2016

By Kīlauea July 15, 2016

Flow front slowly advancing

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Flow front slowly advancing...
The flow front remains active on the coastal plain, but has only moved about 60 m (~200 ft) closer to the ocean in the past three days. As of midday on July 15, the slow-moving pahoehoe is roughly 870 m (~0.5 mi) from the ocean. Activity upslope continues to widen the flow margins. The light gray surface in this image is the new pahoehoe of the 61G flow.

 

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Aerial view of the Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park Coastal Ranger S...
Aerial view of the Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park Coastal Ranger Station at the end of Chain of Craters Road with the active lava flow (61G) in the distance. Correlative thermal image highlighting the hot, active flow at the top portion of the photo (right).
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