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Video of a small lava pond, set within a collapse pit which has been active in the eastern portion of Puʻu ʻŌʻō crater for the past several weeks. At the east margin of the lava pond, lava sinks back into the system, with frequent spatter bursts sourced from this downwelling spot. Video courtesy of USGS/HVO.

Flows were spread across a broad expanse on the coastal plain Friday (April 13), and continue to slowly advance towards the ocean, but have made only minor progress over the past week. This image combines a thermal image with a normal photograph, with the bright yellow areas showing active breakouts and red/purple areas showing warm, but inactive, flow areas. The numerous fume sources on the pali mark the path of the lava tube in Royal Gardens subdivision. Photo courtesy of USGS/HVO

USGS/HVO Kilauea Status Update for April 16, 2012
The summit continued to inflate slowly while back-to-back deflation-inflation (DI) events and sympathetic summit lava lake level fluctuations continued. Lava levels are generally high and glow from the summit lava lake lit up the Halema`uma`u gas plume overnight. At Pu`u `O`o, glow persisted from the usual sources within Pu`u `O`o crater. To the southeast, surface flows continued to spread on the coastal plain but there was no ocean entry. Seismic tremor levels were low; gas emissions were elevated.