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The Kahauale‘a 2 flow extends to the north and northeast of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō. From the edge of the flow, where it first reaches the forest, Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō still appears to tower above the surrounding plain.

This beautiful bubble of glass, about the size of an small orange, adorns the surface of a breakout on the Kahauale‘a 2 flow. Note the delicate bubble walls stretched so thin that they grade from the color of honey to transparent.

The lava lake in Halema‘uma‘u has fallen slightly over the past few weeks. It is now about 55 m (180 ft) below the surrounding crater floor.

The Kahauale‘a 2 flow extends to the north and northeast of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō. From the edge of the flow, where it first reaches the forest, Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō still appears to tower above the surrounding plain.

Active breakouts on the Kahauale‘a 2 are scattered over a broad area. Here, a breakout near the edge of the forest engulfs trees and burns dead foliage.

This beautiful bubble of glass, about the size of an small orange, adorns the surface of a breakout on the Kahauale?a 2 flow. Note the delicate bubble walls stretched so thin that they grade from the c

Mount Scott fire lookout tower near Crater Lake, Oregon. Tower houses seismic and deformation monitoring instruments.

Geologists examine tephra deposits to better understand the early eruptive behavior of the Medicine Lake Volcano, evidence of which can be found as far away as central Oregon.

Glacier Peak volcano viewed from the west, Washington.

The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory and Jaggar Museum are located near the summit of Kīlauea and are visible atop the cliff to the right. They are about 2 km (1.25 miles) north-northwest of the lava lake in Halema‘uma‘u, fuming (but not directly visible) at the left edge of the photo.

Early morning view of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō, looking toward the southwest. The fume rising from the bottom of the photo marks the trace of the lava tube carrying lava to the Kahauale‘a 2 flow front.

The Kahauale‘a 2 flow is fed from a spatter cone on the northeast edge of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō's crater. Today, this spatter cone, which is about 6 m (20 ft) tall, was weakly spattering from it top.

Early morning view of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō, looking toward the southwest. The fume rising from the bottom of the photo marks the trace of the lava tube carrying lava to the Kahauale‘a 2 flow front.

Early morning view of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō, looking toward the southwest. The fume rising from the bottom of the photo marks the trace of the lava tube carrying lava to the Kahauale‘a 2 flow front.

The Kahauale‘a 2 flow is fed from a spatter cone on the northeast edge of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō's crater. Today, this spatter cone, which is about 6 m (20 ft) tall, was weakly spattering from it top.

The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) and Jaggar Museum are located at the summit of Kīlauea Volcano, and are visible atop the cliff to the right, on the edge of Kīlauea Caldera. HVO is about 2 km (1.25 miles) north-northwest of the lava lake in Halema‘uma‘u, fuming (but not directly visible) at the left edge of the photo.

The Kahauale‘a 2 flow is fed from a spatter cone on the northeast edge of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō's crater. Today, this spatter cone, which is about 6 m (20 ft) tall, was weakly spattering from it top.

At 9:48 PM on Friday, August 23, 2013, a collapse of a piece of the wall above the lava lake in Halema`uma`u triggered a small explosion. The explosion bombarded the rim of Halema`uma`u around the old visitor overlook with molten gobs of spatter as big as dinner plates.

Aerial view toward the southwest of the actively erupting cone within Veniaminof caldera. The white steam plume is produced where a lava flow is descending the side of the cone and melting snow and ice. The darker colored, ashy plume is rising in bursts from the active vent.

The Kahauale‘a 2 flow continues to invade the forest line north of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō. Poor weather prevented good views but made for an eerie scene.

The lava lake in Halema‘uma‘u was 35 m (115 ft) below the floor of the crater this morning. The lake is about 220 m (720 ft) long and 160 m (525 ft) wide.