by annthenmac@hawaii.rr.com | Jul 18, 2016 | Lava Overflight
July 14, 2016 Skylights to Da Max Pele remains active on and above the coastal plain, widening and overplating the flow field. But the distal tip just over a half mile from the ocean has more or less stalled out for the time being. Pele rolled over the Pali two weeks...
by annthenmac@hawaii.rr.com | Jul 8, 2016 | Lava Overflight
July 7, 2016 Lava Toward Ocean Pele continues to move across the coastal flats, widening the flow field and making steady headway toward the ocean. Pele rolled over the Pali a week ago, mostly between Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and the abandoned Royal Gardens...
by annthenmac@hawaii.rr.com | Jul 1, 2016 | Lava Overflight
June 30, 2016 Lava Over Pali Pele has reached the bottom of the Pali and is now pooling in the coastal flats in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, near the abandoned Royal Gardens subdivision. This new flow is now nearly 5 miles long, and just over two miles from the...
by annthenmac@hawaii.rr.com | Jun 26, 2016 | Lava Overflight
June 23, 2016 Lava Reaches Pali Pele has made significant progress toward the ocean this past week, and is now poised just above the pali (cliff scarp) near the abandoned Royal Gardens subdivision. This new flow is now just over 3 miles long, and will most likely...
by annthenmac@hawaii.rr.com | Jun 19, 2016 | Lava Overflight
June 16, 2016 Flowing Toward the Pali The USGS has declared the 6/27 lava flow that threatened Pahoa 18 months ago officially dead. We were unable to access the northeast flow field due to the weather, but we managed to fly through the raindrops to document the robust...
by annthenmac@hawaii.rr.com | Jun 10, 2016 | Lava Overflight
June 9, 2016 Lava Flowing Southeast The recent eruption on the southeast flank of Pu’u ‘O’o continues with numerous skylights and a great deal of surface lava on the southeastern flow front. The northeast flow however, appears inactive. No lava was...
by annthenmac@hawaii.rr.com | Jun 6, 2016 | Lava Overflight
June 2, 2016 Active Southeast Flow The recent eruption near the Pu’u ‘O’o vent continues with numerous skylights, a great deal of surface lava on the southeastern flow front, and remarkably, lava returning to the north forest and the adjacent flow...
by annthenmac@hawaii.rr.com | May 30, 2016 | Lava Overflight
May 29, 2016 Perched Pond Overflow The recent eruption near the Pu’u ‘O’o vent continues with still more surprises. Last Tuesday massive lava flows emerged just east of the vent, and send an enormous amount of lava to the north and south from near...
by annthenmac@hawaii.rr.com | May 21, 2016 | Lava Overflight
May 19, 2016 Bleeding Tumuli A beautiful morning greeted us at the Pu’u ‘O’o flow field this morning. We documented a number of outstanding lava flows and spatter cones, but almost no lava in the northern forest. Several spatter cones have grown...
by annthenmac@hawaii.rr.com | May 14, 2016 | Lava Overflight
May 12, 2016 No Forest Flow Impending rain limited our flight this morning. But we still managed to record several picturesque lava flows, but almost none in the northern forest. Numerous small outbreaks throughout the flow field again demonstrated what the USGS...
by annthenmac@hawaii.rr.com | May 7, 2016 | Lava Overflight
May 5 (Boy’s Day), 2016 Lava Hiding Our overflight revealed overcast skies, and diminished surface lava this morning. But a high volume of lava rushing through the tubes visible though skylights or breaks in the tube surface indicates the eruption is still...
by annthenmac@hawaii.rr.com | Apr 30, 2016 | Lava Overflight
April 28, 2016 Vent Spatter A gorgeous sunrise coupled with a rainbow started the day off right as we captured rare footage in the Pu’u ‘O’o vent today. What we like to call nosebleeds… many small outbreaks of lava throughout the flow field...
