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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - March 17, 2003

By Kīlauea March 17, 2003

St. Patrick's Day in the Kohola flow

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Glow from incandescent lava illuminates standing dead trees,
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Lava in west branch of Kohola flow moves against tumulus in older flow. Glow from incandescent lava illuminates standing dead `ohi`a trees, killed by heat from lava several days ago. Holei Pali in distance.

 

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Tongue of flow moves past tumulus
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Tongue of flow moves past tumulus shown in above image, 13 minutes later.
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Moon about to set behind large breakout
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Nearly full Worm Moon about to set behind Holei Pali, above front of large breakout in west branch of Kohola flow. Lava is moving across vegetated surface, lighting grass and shrubs on fire.
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Green lava
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Amazing sight. Green lava in west branch of Kohola flow reminds us that today is St. Patrick's Day.

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