by annthenmac@hawaii.rr.com | Aug 6, 2018 | Lava Overflight
August 6, 2018 Fissure 8 Still Oozing Activity within Fissure 8 remains at a very low level… with small spattering and intermittent pahoehoe flows issued briefly from her mouth. The river channel is crusted over and appears not to be moving at all. Pohoiki still...
by annthenmac@hawaii.rr.com | Aug 5, 2018 | Lava Overflight
August 5, 2018 Fissure 8 Slows Big changes at the Leilani eruption on the Big Island of Hawaii today! Activity at Fissure 8 has slowed to a crawl. The river channel has crusted over and is moving very little. Pohoiki still stands, although residual lava in the system...
by annthenmac@hawaii.rr.com | Aug 3, 2018 | Lava Overflight
August 2, 2018 Waiting For Lava Surge Fissure 8 was still effusing plenty lava this morning, but overall the activity throughout the flow field was extremely sluggish. Numerous fingers of lava pour or drip into the sea, the the volume appeared considerably reduced....
by annthenmac@hawaii.rr.com | Jul 31, 2018 | Lava Overflight
July 29, 2018 Wildfire Burns Homes A wildfire, apparently sparked by a lava flow below the braided channel, and not far above Kapoho Crater burned several homes and farms east of PGV yesterday. A more exact count was not possible due to the fact that we are required...
by annthenmac@hawaii.rr.com | Jul 27, 2018 | Lava Overflight
July 26, 2018 Eruption Slow Down Interestingly, the entire flow field was greatly slowed down today. The fissure seemed to be putting out about the same amount… or maybe a little less… but the channel is very slow… crusting over to a large extent....
