June 23, 2016 Lava Reaches Pali from Mick Kalber on Vimeo.
Video courtesy of Tropical Visions Video with air transportation by Paradise Helicopters.
Time-lapse movie of Halemaumau Overlook Vent. June 16-23, 2016. Images courtesy of USGS/HVO
Time-lapse thermal image movie of Halemaumau Overlook Vent. June 16-23, 2016. Images courtesy of USGS/HVO
Time-lapse movie of Halemaʻumaʻu Overlook Vent from Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. June 16-23, 2016. Images courtesy of USGS/HVO
Time-lapse movie of KÄ«lauea Caldera from Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. June 16-23, 2016. Images courtesy of USGS/HVO
Time-lapse movie of Halemaumau Crater looking Southwest. June 16-23, 2016. Images courtesy of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
(Activity updates are written by scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.)
Kīlauea continues to erupt at its summit and East Rift Zone. During the past week, the summit lava lake level varied between about 30 m and 35 m (98–115 ft) below the vent rim within Halema‘uma‘u Crater. On the East Rift Zone, the June 27th lava flow is inactive.
The eastern Pu‘u ‘Ō‘Šbreakout remained active, producing a lava flow (informally called the “61g flowâ€) that continued to advance to the southeast. The flow is 5.1 km (3.2 miles) long, and the flow front was about 100 m (330 ft) from the northern boundary of the abandoned Royal Gardens subdivision. Over the past week the flow front has advanced at a rate of roughly 100 m per day (330 ft per day). Bright incandescence is visible in the overnight webcam views of the active lava flow field, marking lava tube skylights and scattered breakouts near the flow front. No lava flows were threatening nearby communities.
Mauna Loa is not erupting. Seismicity rates have decreased since the earthquake activity recorded in late May, but remain above background levels. Deformation related to inflation of a magma reservoir beneath the summit and upper Southwest Rift Zone continues, with inflation recently occurring mainly in the southwestern part of Mauna Loa’s magma storage complex.
No earthquakes were reported felt on the Island of Hawaiʻi this past week.
Please visit the HVO website (http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov) for past Volcano Watch articles, KÄ«lauea daily eruption updates, Mauna Loa weekly updates, volcano photos, recent earthquakes info, and more; call for summary updates at 808-967-8862 (KÄ«lauea) or 808-967-8866 (Mauna Loa); email questions to askHVO@usgs.gov
Time-lapse movie of Pu’u ‘O’o Crater East Flank. June 16-23, 2016. Images courtesy of USGS/HVO
Time-lapse movie of Pu’u ‘O’o Crater South Flank from the South Rim. June 16-23, 2016. Images courtesy of USGS/HVO
Time-lapse movie from a camera positioned on the southeast flank of PuÊ»u ʻŌʻÅ, looking toward the active flow advancing to the southeast. The breakout point is at the left edge of the image, and the mid-field skyline at the right is roughly coincident with the top of the pali. June 16-23, 2016. Images courtesy of USGS/HVO
Time-lapse multi-image movie of Pu’u ‘O’o Crater. June 16-23, 2016. Images courtesy of USGS/HVO
Time-lapse movie from images gathered from a temporary thermal camera looking into Pu’u ‘O’o Crater. The temperature scale is in degrees Celsius up to a maximum of 500 Celsius (932 Fahrenheit) for this camera model, and scales based on the maximum and minimum temperatures within the frame. Thick fume, image pixel size and other factors often result in image temperatures being lower than actual surface temperatures. June 16-23, 2016. Images courtesy of USGS/HVO
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