by annthenmac@hawaii.rr.com | May 2, 2018 | Lava Overflight
May 2, 2018 Pu’u ‘O’o Vent Empty! The complete collapse of the active vent on Kilauea’s east rift zone last Monday sent an amazing ash plume skyward, and blanketed a three mile long swath of the current eruption in red dust… 61G looks like Mars! Yesterday,...
by annthenmac@hawaii.rr.com | May 1, 2018 | Lava Overflight
May 1, 2018 Vent Collapses!!! A quarter-mile long line of steam fissures from the Pu’u ‘O’o Vent to the west leads to a HUGE brownish red plume, emanating from the vent itself, the result of the floor of the vent collapsing yesterday. The event sent...
by annthenmac@hawaii.rr.com | Apr 28, 2018 | Lava Overflight
April 28, 2018 Lava Lake Full A perched pond sits atop the west end of a very inflated Pu’u ‘O’o crater this morning, as USGS scientists continue to forecast what may be a major change in the eruption on the East rift zone. Almost the entire vent is...
by annthenmac@hawaii.rr.com | Aug 4, 2017 | Lava Overflight
August 3, 2017 Sean’s Lava Flow Rainy weather, spectacular lava lake, stunning red hot flows above the Pali, and a precarious lava delta still intact at Kamokuna! Extraordinary Paradise pilot Sean Regehr made the recent discovery of Pele’s new breakouts...
by annthenmac@hawaii.rr.com | Jul 28, 2017 | Lava Overflight
July 27, 2017 New Lava Near Vent Yet another new surface flow near the vent, nosebleed outbreaks throughout the flow field, plenny lava streams entering the ocean… and a huge crack on the lava delta indicating an imminent bench collapse! The surface flow...
