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Lava continued
| March 05 - 07, 2008 |
| March 4 Here are some maps from the Kilauea Update page showing the progress of the lava. On March 4, the lava was poised to run across the access road and the road was closed until further notice |
| March 5 |
| March 6 |
| This is the map to the right overlaid in Google Earth to show the tracks I'd hiked. The registration isn't perfect but you can get the idea... |
| OVERVIEW |
| DETAIL |
| Not much of a plume, but there it is! The lava has come back to the ocean! |
| March 7 |
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Hawaii Volcano Observatory images
| March 01 - 21, 2008 |
| Here are some images from the Hawaii Volcano Observatory web page. Coupled with my images and maps, these do a really good job of clarifying what's where and when. |
| 3/4/08 This is an aerial view of the lava flows coming from Royal Gardens. The new lava is the shiny light grey stuff. The access road comes in from the right to the parking area. A red cinder road leads down off the bottom of the photo toward the sea. This area is now covered in lava. The RV you see on the red road has been removed. I don't know what's happened to the structure on the left. |
| 3/5/08 Pahoehoe lava flowing across the access road |
| 3/6/08 Nice wide views of the lava flowing from Royal Gardens, on the hill, across the access road in two places, and on to the sea. You can see that the RV on the red road has been removed. The lava will eventually cover the access road past the vegetation on the right. The islands of vegetation surrounded by lava are called "kipukas" |
| A'a lava flowing over pahoehoe lava. A'a lava is cooler than pahoehoe and thus the difference in consistency. |
| 3/7/08 A closer view of the bench being formed by the lava flow into the ocean. |
| 3/11/08 Another view of the bench being formed. You can see Pu'u O'o vent steaming at the top of the pali (ridge). |
| 3/11/08 Another angle on the ocean entry. Note the different colors of the ocean water due to temperature and chemistry. There's also a boat out there. |
| 3/14/08 <-- A close-up of the lava covering the access road. --> Another angle of the lava flow spreading into the vegetation. The little white things in the foreground delineate the public viewing area, which has since been moved... |
| 3/14/08 And just for a change of pace, here's a couple of views of the new vent that opened in Halema'uma'u Crater in the Kilauea Caldera. No lava (so far), just gases. |
| 3/14/08 I particularly liked this view because I stood at the end of Orchid Street and took pictures of the lava flow on 2/28 and 3/2. Even poked my hiking stick into it. At 1:00 on 2/28, I walked up King Ave. By 6:00, it was closed off by the lava flow. |
| 3/21/08 <-- Another angle, looking east, of the into the vegetation to the east. My house is about 7 miles up the coast from here. Looking west --> |
| Left. View of the new gas vent at the base of the eastern wall of Halema`uma`u crater on March 14, 2008 from the Jaggar Museum overlook. Right. Closeup of the fume being emitted through rubble on March 14, 2008. The white fume is a mixture of condensed water vapor, sulfur trioxide, and invisible sulfur dioxide. The fume takes a pale bluish color if it contains very tiny sulfur particles (in center of fuming area). The fume takes on a yellowish tint if the sulfur particles are a bit larger. |
| Left. View of the small explosion crater, emitting fume, on the southeast wall of Halema`uma`u. The light gray material to the right of the fuming pit is part of the ash and debris deposit from the explosion. Halema`uma`u Overlook can be seen at the left edge of the frame. Right. Near vertical view down into the explosion crater. The crater is estimated at roughly 30 m across. |
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