Left: Only one bench is forming at the Kamokuna entry. The steam plume is positioned at the eastern side of the bench. This marvelous view of the coastline is due to such clear air this morning, after a record-setting rainstorm.

Right: Glow was seen early this morning from Chain of Craters Road, but no active flows were visible during daylight on Pulama pali. Last week's eastern flow has stopped descending the pali. Probably this morning's glow is from a skylight. 

Left: A new skylight at the 1,995-foot elevation was sampled this morning. The brightly incandescent lava is almost 2 m below the ground surface. The tube carrying the lava is nearly 4 m wide. Ghostly volcanologists give scale.

Right: Hot crust on fluid pahoehoe is very viscous, as demonstrated by the ability of scientists to pull the thin crust forming on the flow.   

Left: The active bench has two points where lava enters the sea. The larger one is in line with the main tube, just west of the center of the bench, and has a moderate plume. The much smaller one, on the eastern side of the bench, is fed by another tube.

Above left: Up-slope view of the 1,360-foot skylight. Above right: Closer view of the 1,360-foot skylight. Left: The roof of the tube at the 1,360-foot skylight was reheated by lava flowing in the active tube. The roof partly melted, forming dripping lava strings seen here and in the close-up above. (Large images show more detail.) 

Left: This is the most recent view of the 1,995-foot skylight, looking up the tube toward the source.

The Frost Moon (November's full moon) illuminates vog on the coastal flat of Kilauea. The vog rolls down from Pu`u `O`o and nearby vents, blown by trade winds. View is westward at 0455.