The surface lava was also noted by a University Geology crew who walked out from the breakout area around 8:00 PM, which they pinpointed as being the base of the Pulama Pali a couple of miles away from the end of the lava viewing road.
At 9:30 PM yesterday (Sunday the 5th) I surveyed the coastal flats landscape from the access road and could barely locate where the ocean entry was; now just a faint fuzzy glow on the south horizon. I could not see the small surface breakouts from there. Nor could I see any visible lava glow anywhere down the lava tube system on the Pulama Pali – I was anticipating that if the ocean entry lava had all but ceased then the lava in the tube system would maybe breakout somewhere new.
Upon returning home I went on the internet websites of the USGS and Hawaiian Volcano Observatory and checked Big Island recent earthquakes, reports, D/I – Deflation/Inflation graphs and all their webcams. I was looking for anomalies that might further indicate changes within the Kilauea volcano eruptive system. Below is a collection of those findings, but essentially I found nothing out of the ordinary except the Pu`u O`o crater cam showed brighter active lava on the southern base of the crater floor, as shown in the 1st image below:
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Recent Earthquakes for Hawaii as of 10:00PM Sunday:
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Halema’uma’u crater cam at 10:00 PM Sunday:
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This morning USGS/HVO stated on their ‘Update page’The crusted and circulating lava surface at the bottom of the deep collapse pit inset in the southeast edge of Halema`uma`u Crater was stable at about 160 m (520 ft) below the crater floor rising to 130 m (425 ft) starting at 11 pm last night and remaining there through this morning. So the webcam image below, that I captured from the crater overlook cam at 1:00AM this morning, was already showing the rising and changing surface of the pit-vent lava:
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The USGS/HVO deformation - Deflation/Inflation: electronic tilt monitorsare showing a strong inflation of lava pressures that are slowing but remaining elevated today:
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Final Note: This morning, from my home eighteen miles away, I could see that the ocean entry plume had returned. I have no idea if the lava will continue flowing into the sea today, or in the days ahead. Our last ocean entry in April-May only lasted one month. This July-August ocean entry has been flowing nearly seven weeks now.
A reposting below of the basics that continue to be valid:
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Both day and night views of our two drive-in volcanoes continue to put on a continuous display of eruptive activity that draws thousands of visitors from around the world every week.
Coastal lava viewing
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Halema’uma’u Crater
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The Halema’uma’u crater has been degassing sulfur dioxide fumes by day and glowing strongly at times after dark from lava deep within the craters pit vent.
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