June 16, 2018

June 16, 2018

  June 16, 2018 Lava Channel Complete Light variable winds over East Hawaii today once again brought horrible vog over most of the flow field this morning… even Hilo suffered the ill effects. The vog and clouds even prevented us from visiting Fissure 8...
June 15, 2018

June 15, 2018

June 15, 2018 Very Voggy Volcano Light variable winds over East Hawaii today once again brought horrible vog over most of the flow field this morning… even Hilo suffered the ill effects. Although difficult to access, Fissure 8 fountains were lower today, but she...
June 14, 2018

June 14, 2018

June 14, 2018 Pu’u Ai La’au Suggestion: Perhaps Fissure Eight of the Leilani Eruption should be named Pu’u Ai La’au (Hill of the Forest Eater). Light variable winds over East Hawaii today brought horrible vog over most of the flow field this morning…...
June 13, 2018

June 13, 2018

June 13, 2018 Rivers of Lava Pretty much business as usual at the Leilani Estates eruption of Kilauea Volcano. Fissure 8 continues to pump phenomenal amounts of lava into the system, feeding enormous rivers that transport the molten rock to the Pacific Ocean in...
June 11, 2018

June 11, 2018

June 11, 2018 Non-stop Eruption Fissure 8 continues to be the story of Kilauea’s current eruption… it’s really the only active vent of Kilauea’s Leilani Estates eruption, now in it’s sixth week. The other two dozen fissures are smoking,...