Images

The June 27th lava flow advances across the pasture between the Pāhoa cemetery and AP‘A‘ā Street, surrounding a barbed wire fence.

A wider view of the flow front, and its position relative to Pāhoa. This morning the flow front was 1.2 km (0.7 miles) from Pāhoa Village Road, as measured along a straight line. Pāhoa Village Road is at the bottom of the photograph.

Another view of the two lobes that make up the flow front. Vehicles for scale.

Just upslope of the flow front, the flow can be seen here parallel to the dirt road. The flow in this section was only about 30 m (100 feet) wide.

Preview image for video: shows a close-up view of the flow front, and its proximity to Cemetery Rd./AP‘A‘ā St. The transfer station is also shown.

Preview image for video: shows a wider view of the flow front, and pans to the right to show the flow's proximity to Pāhoa.

The June 27th flow remains active, and has advanced at an increased rate over the past two days. This afternoon (2 pm), the flow front was pushing ahead as a narrow lobe, and was just 135 m (150 yards) from Cemetery Rd./AP‘A‘ā St. The vent for the June 27th flow is on Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō (top of photograph), which is nearly 19 km (12 miles) away.

This large-scale map shows the distal part of the June 27th flow in relation to nearby Puna communities. The area of the flow on October 22, 2014, at 1:50 PM is shown in pink, while widening and advancement of the flow as mapped on October 24 at 12:10 PM is shown in red.

A comparison of a normal photograph with a thermal image of the flow front. The white box shows the approximate area of the thermal image. The thermal image shows that high temperatures are concentrated around the leading tip of the flow, which is consistent with lava focused at the front to sustain a higher advance rate.

A closer view of the flow front, which has split into two separate lobes. As of 2 PM, the flow was only 135 m (approximately 150 yards) from Cemetery Rd./AP‘A‘ā St., which spans this photo. HELCO crews can be seen working to protect utility poles along the road.

Another view of the leading tip of the flow, as it moves into the open pasture.

This small-scale map shows the June 27th lava flow in Kīlauea's East Rift Zone in relation to lower Puna. The area of the flow on October 22, 2014, at 1:50 PM is shown in pink, while widening and advancement of the flow as mapped on October 24 at 12:10 PM is shown in red.

This map uses a satellite image acquired in March 2014 (provided by Digital Globe) as a base to show the area around the front of the June 27th lava flow. The area of the flow on October 22, 2014, at 1:50 PM is shown in pink, while widening and advancement of the flow as mapped on October 24 at 12:10 PM is shown in red.

Another view of the flow front and Cemetery Rd./AP‘A‘ā St., looking east. The flow front is entering an open pasture.

HVO geologists can be seen in the pasture mapping the flow front position.

This small-scale map shows the June 27th lava flow in Kīlauea's East Rift Zone in relation to lower Puna. The area of the flow on October 20, 2014, at 1:00 PM is shown in pink, while widening and advancement of the flow as mapped on October 22 at 1:50 PM is shown in red.

This large-scale map shows the distal part of the June 27th flow in relation to nearby Puna communities. The area of the flow on October 20, 2014, at 1:00 PM is shown in pink, while widening and advancement of the flow as mapped on October 22 at 1:50 PM is shown in red.

This map uses a satellite image acquired in March 2014 (provided by Digital Globe) as a base to show the area around the front of the June 27th lava flow. The area of the flow on October 20, 2014, at 1:00 PM is shown in pink, while widening and advancement of the flow as mapped on October 22 at 1:50 PM is shown in red.

Preview image for video: provides an aerial overview of the flow front.

The June 27th lava flow remains active, and continues to advance towards the northeast along the northern boundary of Kaohe Homesteads subdivision. Over the past day, the leading edge of the flow has moved ahead as a narrow lobe, and covered part of a dirt road. The flow front today was 815 meters (0.5 miles) from AP‘A‘ā St., as measured along a straight line.

Preview image for video: was captured at the flow front, and shows a small channelized portion of the pāhoehoe flow pouring over the dirt road embankment. Gas trapped within the flow is released via occasional small bubble bursts.