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Kilauea Latest Entries | Search | Kilauea Archive5 August 2005
Pu`u `O`o and ocean entries
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| Left. Aerial view looking west across Pu`u `O`o. Six fuming vents are, from front to back, East Pond Vent, January Vent, South Wall Complex, Drainhole, Beehive, and West Gap. 0913. Right. Looking down onto East Kamoamoa lava delta and small entry plume. The delta is 400 m long parallel to shoreline and extends 70 m seaward from old sea cliff. The delta has an area of about 2 ha. 0918. | |
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| Left. Aerial view looking southeastward across East Lae`apuki lava delta. Thick laze plumes rise from entry areas along front of delta. Foreground fume comes from skylights in PKK lava tube that feeds the delta. 0919. Right. Lava pouring from tube at eastern front of East Lae`apuki delta. Note small pocket beach, and steaming rocks stranded on the sand. 0927. | |
12 August 2005
East Lae`apuki lava delta
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| Left. Aerial view looking at East Lae`apuki lava delta. Large plume comes from cluster of entry points at apex of delta. These entries are nicely visible from points along Chain of Craters Road farther west. Whiffs of blue fume comes from cracks in roof of lava tube feeding the delta. 0932. Right. Three lava falls near tip of delta. Height of falls, about 3 m. 0955. | |
19 August 2005
East Lae`apuki lava delta and littoral explosions
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| Left. East Lae`apuki lava delta, looking northeast. Lava enters water at apex of delta and is responsible for laze plumes. 0839 Right. Boat near apex of lava delta, best seen in large image. 0929. | |
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| Left. Littoral explosion from one of entry points at apex of lava delta. Debris, mostly blebs of lava but including some solid material, is thrown 10-20 m high. 0945. Right. Another littoral explosion from same area. 0946. | |
26-27 August 2005
Partial collapse of East Lae`apuki lava delta
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| Before and after images of partial collapse of East Lae`apuki lava delta, taken from exactly the same location just northeast of delta. Left. Before collapse. 0837 August 26. Right. After collapse, which took place piecemeal during the time between 0133 and 0255 this morning. Note rocky debris washed onto delta by waves generated during the collapse. 0944 August 27. | |
| Maps of lava-flow field, Kilauea Volcano |
Map of flows from Pu`u `O`o: 25 July 2005
Map shows lava flows erupted during 1983-present activity of Pu`u `O`o and Kupaianaha (see large map).
Yellow, brown, and red colors indicate lava flows erupted from October 2003 to July 2005. Yellow shade indicates currently active Kuhio (PKK) flow, active most of the time from March 20, 2004 through the present (late July 2005). The east and west branches (arms) of the PKK flow, once widely separated, began to merge and overlap on coastal flat in March 2005. The east branch feeds the East Kamoamoa ocean entry and probably the East Lae`apuki entry as well. The west branch remains active, with intermittent breakouts on Pulama pali.
The brown shade denotes Martin Luther King (MLK ) flows, which first erupted in January 2004 from flank vents on the south slope of Pu`u `O`o. Since then, several more vents have formed in the MLK area, and they ontinue to erupt intermittently.
Red indicates the Mother's Day/Banana flow, which was last active in September 2004. Short flows from the crater, West Gap, and Puka Nui vents are also shown in red. In recent months, only the Puka Nui vent has produced infrequent, small flows.
Map of Pu`u `O`o and vicinity: 24 August 2004
Map shows vents, lava flows, and other features near Pu`u `O`o frequently referred to in updates (see large map). These features change often, but this map should help those viewers lost in the terminology. The cones in West Gap are just outside the boundary of the crater--the oval-shaped depression containing the seven numbered vents (now down to 6, as Humble Vent has been buried by a mound of lava flows erupted from Dave's Pit/Vent in March. Red color denotes flows--the Mother's Day flows--erupted since May 12, 2002. Light orange color indicates episode-55 flows erupted between March 1997 and August 2002 (exclusive of Mother's Day flows). Darker orange represents MLK flows; yellow, PKK flow; purple, Puka Nui flow. Vents for these sets of flows shown by indicated symbols. Gray shows flows of earlier episodes.
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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