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Development of pahoehoe toe on the coastal flat below Royal Gardens. Left: Lava is breaking through and bulldozing a slab of crust at 1020:54. Right: Four seconds later (1020:58), lava is starting to override the flexible slab of bulldozed crust. |
Lava falls into a crack near site of images above
1029:48. Pahoehoe toe, about 1 m long, approaches a loose rock (lower center) on a ledge near top of gaping crack. |
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1030:02. The toe is dammed by a large rock and starts to spread toward viewer, edging against the loose rock (lower left). |
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1030:44. The toe balloons up and sideways, overriding the damming rock and pushing against the loose rock (lower left). |
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1030:54. Widening toe, its advance to the right stalled, pushes against and tilts up the loose rock (lower left). |
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1030:58. Only 4 seconds later, the loose rock has been pushed into a large crack, and the blossoming toe, no longer impeded by the rock or its own crust, follows behind. |
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1031:08. Ten seconds later, the lava is pouring freely into the crack. |
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1031:24. Viewer has changed position to point slightly left of previous images. Lava pours into crack and pools on the bottom. Wrinkled skin forms as flow velocity slows. |
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1031:38. View from still farther left, almost directly above the lava falls, looking along the crack. |
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1033:16. View from farther right, looking at the ever more sluggish lava falls and its growing surface crust. |
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1033:56. Final view down on lower falls and nicely shaped wrinkles and ropes in the crust of the slowly moving toe. The entire sequence of images spans 4 minutes and 8 seconds. |
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Large map Map shows lava flows (red) active from mid-December 2000 through 23 January 2001 above and on Pulama pali and on the coastal plain. Flows re-entered the sea just west of Kamokuna on January 21, 2001. Most of the recent flows are fed from the 1920-foot breakout point, at the northwest tip of the large red area. The east arm of the 1920 breakout is the narrow sliver headed south on the pali. The eastern branch of the main flow points east at the base of the pali, invading lower Royal Gardens. The western branch is the one entering the ocean. Note flows erupted earlier from Pu`u `O`o and Kupaianaha.
Eruption-viewing opportunities change constantly, refer to the HVO home page for current information. Those readers planning a visit to Kilauea or Mauna Loa volcanoes can get much useful information from Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park.
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