Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - August 11, 2018

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The UAS team (Unmanned Aircraft Systems) flew a mission over fissure 8 to assess conditions within the cinder cone. As shown, fissure 8 contains two small ponds deep within its crater. One pond slowly circulates with an incandescent surface while the other pond is stagnant with a crusted top.

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View of the fissure 8 cinder cone from the Leilani Estates subdivision. The cone height is currently about 30 m (100 ft) with a very broad base. Sulfur dioxide (SO2) levels are greatly reduced in the lower East Rift Zone, measured at ~ 200 tons/day on August 5-6.

color photograph of sand bar and boat ramp

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Close view of the Pohoiki boat ramp during this morning's overflight. The southern-most flow margin has not advanced significantly toward the Pohoiki boat ramp, but black sand and larger fragments from the entry areas have washed ashore to create a sand bar and beach at this site. Geologists observed several small lava streams trickling into the sea along the souther portion of the lava delta, producing weak laze plumes.

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Geologist hikes to the rim of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō to clean the external housing lenses of two webcams on the rim of the new crater that formed on April 30, 2018.