Images

A look into one of several skylights on the lava tube. The brightest area is the open lava stream.

Up close view of the front of the ‘A‘ā flow.

The flow front was reaching the base of the pali today, burning vegetation in the adjacent kipuka. The front consisted of ‘A‘ā that was fed by a narrow channel extending down the steep section of the pali.

The flow front as it approaches another mango tree.

Close view of ‘A‘ā blocks in the channel of the flow.

A mango tree is surrounded by the ‘A‘ā flow.

The flow front was supplied by a narrow channelized section on the steep portion of the pali.

Another view of the flow front, contrasting the hot fluid core of the flow (red) with the brittle clinker (black) that forms the flow exterior.

A close-up of clinker at the flow front.

A video of the flow front moving through vegetation.

This small-scale map shows Kīlauea's active East Rift Zone lava flow field in relation to the southeastern part of the Island of Hawai‘i. The area of the active flow field on June 23 is shown in pink, while widening and advancement of the active flow field as mapped on June 28 is shown in red. Older Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō lava flows (1983-2016) are shown in gray.

A typical boundary between crustal plates on the lava lake surface. The plate in the upper left is moving towards the upper left corner of the image.

The active lava flow from Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō was on the slope near the top of the Pūlama pali today, one of the steep escarpments on Kīlauea's southeast flank, and had transitioned into a channelized ‘A‘ā flow. The view is to the northwest.

At the time the photograph was taken, the active lava flow from Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō was on the slope near the top of the Pūlama pali, one of the steep escarpments on Kīlauea's southeast flank, and had transitioned into a channelized ‘a‘ā flow.

A video of the spattering in the lava lake at Kīlauea's summit.

A video of the channelized ‘A‘ā forming the flow front, moving swiftly down the pali.

This photo shows a closer view of the front of the ‘A‘ā flow.

This photo is a view from the edge of the ‘A‘ā flow, looking up slope at the flow's channels.

This map shows recent changes to Kīlauea's East Rift Zone lava flow field. The area of the active flow field as of June 23 is shown in pink, while widening and advancement of the active flow as mapped on June 28 is shown in red. Older Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō lava flows (1983-2016) are shown in gray.

Spattering was vigorous in the Kīlauea's summit lava lake this evening, but within the range of normal variation. Spatter was thrown up to the level of the floor of Halema‘uma‘u Crater, about 25 m (80 ft) above the lake surface.

A wider view of the lake in Halema‘uma‘u Crater, looking northeast. Jaggar Museum and HVO are beyond the left edge of the photograph. Spattering was active in the southeast portion of the lake.