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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - July 27, 2010

By Kīlauea July 27, 2010

Second finger of lava overtopped the Hakuma horst

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Image: Lava Flows Burning Vegetation
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In the past day a second finger of lava overtopped the Hakuma horst and pushed through thick vegetation towards the ocean. The flow front was less than 20 meters from the sea cliff this morning. Along the margins of this finger, lava triggered numerous small fires, sending thick smoke through the forest of hala trees and coconut palms.
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Image: Lava Flows Burning Vegetation
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The front of this small finger of lava was almost to the sea cliff this morning, and was burning through low brush along the coastline.

 

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Image: Lava Flow Into Ocean
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The flows that reached the ocean on July 25 continued to build a small delta today.
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