Photos 6, page 23
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Lava Hike
| February 14 2010 |
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| At it again! The lava's still coming down the hill so I thought I'd go take a look at how it's changed since I was there last. |
| Not too bad of a hike. Green line out (3.3 miles, 2.5 hours), cyan line while there (0.70 miles, 23 minutes), and magenta line back (3.2 miles, 2.2 hours). Total 7.2 miles, 5 hours. Temp 85-90. Partly sunny. Wind 0-15 mph. A little wind-driven rain on the way back. I'm showing the Google Earth image on the left and the 2/3/10 overlay on the right, the pink is the recent lava flows. The new flow is coming down in those two clear patches in the upper left. On the way out, I followed the edge of the new flow as I did on the way back. While I was there, I crossed over the new flow to get to the other side so the cyan line pretty well defines the extent of the flow. There were also other outbreaks toward the coast... |
| 11:37 AM @ 003 Looking back at where I came through the vegetation to get to the other side. That brush is impenetrable and I have to mark the spot where I can get through with my GPS so I can find it on the way back. If you look close, you can see an orange surveyor's ribbon someone has tied to a fallen branch |
| 11:48 AM @ 006 And that's where I'm going - the bottom of that vegetation on the hill - about 2 miles away |
| 12:46 AM @ 008 |
| 12:49 AM @ "Unit" |
| I came across this gizmo. It's a motion-activated camera intended for capturing wildlife... |
| 12:51 PM @ "Unit" There's some people at "3pod", a remote camera installed by the USGS people. See bottom of previous page... |
| 12:57 PM @ 010 There's lava flowing, to the right of that mound with the tripod on top. The helicopters were almost continuous... |
| 1:03 PM @ 013 A little closer... |
| 1:03 PM @ 013 Zoom. See? |
| 1:16 PM @ 017 |
| 1:19 PM @ 018 Hot stuff! Watch your step! |
| 1:20 PM @ 018 A couple of places... |
| 1:20 PM @ 018 Zoom. You can really see the distortion from the heat waves... |
| 1:20 PM @ 018 More hot stuff. It's really hard to see because it's the same color as the cooled lava. |
| 1:22 PM @ "Poke" Run in, poke the lava and take a picture, and run out, getting the hair on my legs singed from the heat |
| 1:22 @ 019 It's all moving, even the silver stuff... |
| 1:09 PM @ 015 |
| 1:23 PM MOVIE (25.1 MB) |
| 1:24 PM MOVIE (32.7 MB) |
| 1:26 PM @ 021 MOVIE (17.1 MB) |
| 1:28 PM @ 022 I love the patterns made by the lava on the hill... |
| 1:30 PM @ 023 |
| 1:32 PM @ 024 You can just make out the orange glow at the edges of the flow. Otherwise, you have no way of telling the hot liquid lava (above) from the cool solid lava (foreground). |
| 1:34 PM @ "Poke 2" |
| 2:20 PM @ 028 Walked right up to the slope but couldn't go any further. It started to get too hot. |
| 2:20 PM @ 028 Amazing patterns... |
| 2:30 PM @ 030 I'm walking over to this: trees on fire |
| 2:33 PM @ 031 |
| <-- 2:34 PM @ 031 2:38 PM @ 034 --> I couldn't really get any closer due to hot lava and that A'a flow (the dark stuff) so I turned around and headed home... |
| 2:54 PM @ 036 There's still a little piece of roadway... |
| More images from the HVO website |
| A look from above the pali, looking down. The new lava is the lighter grey stuff. I hiked up the left side of the flow, then circled around the bottom and went up the right side. |
| Views from below. I hiked up the right side then circled around below the flow and up the left side. |
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