Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - March 1, 2003

By Kīlauea March 1, 2003

Eastern side of Kohola flow

Small toes advancing in tandem, with incandescent cracks in crust separating them. Grass burns at leading edge of flow, which is about 10 centimeters thick.

Large toe of lava breaks out from inflating flow. Length of liquid toe, about 3 meters. Holei Pali in background.

Large overturned blocks caused by methane explosion — Large overturned blocks frometers surface of flow under Kohola flow, evidence of horrendous methane explosion sometime in past few hours. Explosion occurred in advance of flow, which laps onto dislodged blocks. Largest block is 1.5 meters across.

Photo with sun just over horizon. Sillouette of land in foreground. — That's the way it came from the camera, folks. Careful squinting can spot incandescent cracks in surface of Kohola flow (large view only).

buried sign at Chain of Craters Road — Looking northeast along buried Chain of Craters Road. Small kipuka of road in distance. West Highcastle laze plume in upper right.

buried no parking sign at Chain of Craters Road — No Parking sign at edge of buried turnaround at former end of Chain of Craters Road. During past 8 months, several hundred thousand visitors swung through this turnaround before parking and walking to the Mother's Day flow.

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Lava flow advancing

March 1, 2003

Lava flow advancing

Details of flow advance shown in 25-second clip. Lava oozes outward from base of flow, picks up loose flakes of crust (1-3 cm across) on ground surface, and lifts them up as flow thickens. This is how material once on ground surface gets onto top of flow.

Volcano Hazards, Hawaii, Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, Kīlauea

March 1, 2003