Kilauea - Page 3

aurora · #61 (**permalink**) 01-October-2009, 05:27 PM

Lava visible in the web cam view from the Halemaumau overlook tonight. Click the link for a jpeg that was saved off so it won't update.

Looks to be some spattering down there, although maybe that is just small reflections. At any rate, the vent is active and still below the bottom of Halemaumau (the summit crater in Kiluaea caldera).

aurora · #62 (**permalink**) 03-October-2009, 08:20 PM

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The lava pond visible within the summit vent for the past few days disappeared around 2 am as lava retreated to deeper levels in the conduit, with glow diminishing accordingly. Prior to this, the lava pond was experiencing typical filling and draining cycles.

So although it looks like an inflation cycle is beginning, nothing visible at the summit except for the plume.

aurora · #63 (**permalink**) 03-November-2009, 06:57 PM

A little excitement overnight at the summit:

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Past 24 hours at Kilauea summit: The Overlook vent webcam images again showed fluctuating glow and spattering from several holes deep within the Halema`uma`u vent cavity; just after 3 am, the floor between two of the holes collapsed leaving an elongate opening; just before 6 am, more of the floor collapsed to reveal a circulating and spattering lava pond below. Glow from the vent was visible from Jaggar Museum overnight. This morning, a wispy off-white plume is moving southwestward over the Ka`u Desert.

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After several hours of episodic tremor bursts, tremor amplitudes doubled and remained steady until they dropped just after 3 am simultaneous with the first Halema`uma`u Overlook floor collapse (see above); seismic rockfall signatures were recorded during the second vent cavity floor collapse.

danscope · #64 (**permalink**) 03-November-2009, 11:07 PM

Hi, Any links to pictures ?

Dan

aurora · #65 (**permalink**) 04-November-2009, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by danscope

Hi, Any links to pictures ?

Dan

Try

http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/kilauea/update/images.html

for the latest pictures that they take at the HVO and post from time to time.

and this is the image archive.

EricFD · #66 (**permalink**) 04-November-2009, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by aurora

Try

http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/kilauea/update/images.html

for the latest pictures that they take at the HVO and post from time to time.

and this is the image archive.

That's incredible!

danscope · #67 (**permalink**) 04-November-2009, 05:56 PM

Thanks, Aurora . Great pictures. I think one should tread softly around that ground.

Best regards,
Dan

aurora · #68 (**permalink**) Yesterday, 01:13 AM

Things heated up a bit last night.

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Past 24 hours at Kilauea summit: Overnight, the lava pond, visible in a hole in the floor of a pit in the Halema`uma`u Crater floor, continued to circulate, bubble, and spatter; several times, the pond level rose to cover the floor, then drained back into the hole. At about 4 am this morning, part of the pit floor fell in enlarging the hole and revealing more of the lava pond surface. Glow is visible from the Jaggar Museum Overlook.

Waiting for dark to check the webcams.

http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/hvo/cams/

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