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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - October 13, 2014

By Kīlauea October 13, 2014

June 27th lava flow remains active, continues advancing northeast
 

June 27th lava flow remains active, continues advancing northeast...
The flow front remains active, with continued slow advancement towards the northeast over the weekend. The flow front today was 1.1 km (0.7 miles) upslope from Apa‘a St. and 2.2 km (1.4 miles) from Pāhoa Village Road, as measured along a straight line. This photo, looking down flow and taken at a low altitude, shows the flow front direction relative to the transfer station and Pāhoa.
A wider view of the flow front, looking upslope. Kaohe Homesteads ...
A wider view of the flow front, looking upslope. Kaohe Homesteads is in the left portion of the image, and Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō can be seen on the horizon.
A closer view of the flow front, burning vegetation at its flow mar...
A closer view of the flow front, burning vegetation at its flow margin.
A view of the flow front from a normal camera (left) as well as fro...
A view of the flow front from a normal camera (left) as well as from a thermal camera (right). The white box shows the extent of the thermal image. The thermal image shows that breakouts are active at the leading tip of the flow, and are also scattered upslope from the flow front.

 

Active breakouts are also scattered around the area that lava first...
Active breakouts are also scattered around the area that lava first entered ground cracks. The smoke plumes mark spots where individual breakouts are burning vegetation.
Activity in Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō today remains similar to what we have observe...
Activity in Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō today remains similar to what we have observed during recent weeks. Several pits on the crater floor had small incandescent holes, and there appeared to be a small lava pond in the southern pit.
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This Quicktime movie provides a brief aerial overview of activity at the flow front.

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