Tropical Visions Video, Inc. http://www.tropicalvisions.com/ Specializing in high quality footage of Kilauea volcano and Hawaii's scenic beauty for over 30 years. Sat, 24 Aug 2019 07:19:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 112613704 August 22, 2019 http://www.tropicalvisions.com/august-22-2019/ Sat, 24 Aug 2019 07:18:05 +0000 http://www.tropicalvisions.com/?p=25194 Work crews have made great progress restoring Highway 132 from Pohoiki Road to Four Corners (the Red Road) following Kilauea Volcano's lower east rift zone eruption. Still more sand has been deposited at Pohoiki Bay. But perhaps most interesting are the changes that continue to reshape Halemaumau Crater and Kilauea Caldera.

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]]> 25194 July 10, 2019 http://www.tropicalvisions.com/25188-2/ Thu, 11 Jul 2019 16:45:25 +0000 http://www.tropicalvisions.com/?p=25188 Mauna Loa from normal to advisory. There is no immediate threat of an eruption, but magma is started to fill the storage chambers below the summit at a shallower depth.

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]]> 25188 November 20, 2018 http://www.tropicalvisions.com/november-20-2018/ Fri, 23 Nov 2018 08:01:37 +0000 http://www.tropicalvisions.com/?p=25173 A brand new road connecting the red road from Mackenzie to Pohoiki is now complete. Numerous sea arches and black sand beaches dot the coastline from Mackenzie to Kapoho... some of the nicest new beaches are along the sea cliffs of Mackenzie at the beginning of the new road.

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]]> 25173 October 16, 2018 http://www.tropicalvisions.com/october-16-2018/ Thu, 18 Oct 2018 02:24:51 +0000 http://www.tropicalvisions.com/?p=25169 We got our first close up look at the newly remodeled Halemaumau Crater at Kilauea's summit this morning... and she is absolutely stunning! Halemaumau has grown to over a mile wide... and is somewhere in the neighborhood of 15-hundred feet deep.

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]]> 25169 October 3, 2018 http://www.tropicalvisions.com/october-3-2018/ Fri, 05 Oct 2018 20:32:20 +0000 http://www.tropicalvisions.com/?p=25165 This morning was our first day visiting the eruption site without the TFR in place, which prevented us from flying below 3 thousand feet. We got some great shots of the new beaches from Kapoho to Pohoiki. The ponds to the north that have existed since shortly after the lava hit the ocean are now gone... filled in with black sand.

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]]> 25165 September 20, 2018 http://www.tropicalvisions.com/september-20-2018/ Sat, 22 Sep 2018 03:56:02 +0000 http://www.tropicalvisions.com/?p=25161 In spite of cloudy conditions this morning, we were able to access the entire flow field of Kilauea Volcano's lower east rift zone eruption. We got a clear look within Fissure 8 this morning, and saw zero lava... not even a small glow.

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]]> 25161 September 6, 2018 http://www.tropicalvisions.com/september-6-2018/ Fri, 07 Sep 2018 08:57:34 +0000 http://www.tropicalvisions.com/?p=25158 Clouds obscuring our view over most of the LERZ eruption of Kilauea Volcano... but we did get a good look within Fissure 8 this morning. Bruce Omori said he saw a tiny glow inside a hornito (spatter cone) within the vent... but pilot Sean Regehr and I saw nothing.

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]]> 25158 August 16, 2018 http://www.tropicalvisions.com/august-16-2018/ Fri, 17 Aug 2018 18:07:28 +0000 http://www.tropicalvisions.com/?p=25155 Dozens of brand new black sand beaches have appeared all along the southeast coast of the eruption site... even as far down as Mackenzie State Park. Several have popped up on both sides of the initial ocean entry at Mackenzie... and the black sand beach at Pohoiki continues to grow daily.

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]]> 25155 August 12, 2018 http://www.tropicalvisions.com/august-12-2018/ Mon, 13 Aug 2018 08:05:17 +0000 http://www.tropicalvisions.com/?p=25152 Pohoiki has survived Pele's visit, and gained a gorgeous black sand beach. Even though part of the new beach covers the entrance to the boat ramp, it can no doubt be dredged to make the ramp serviceable again, or may actually be washed away by waves over time.

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]]> 25152 August 9, 2018 http://www.tropicalvisions.com/august-9-2018/ Fri, 10 Aug 2018 07:55:15 +0000 http://www.tropicalvisions.com/?p=25148 Pohoiki still stands, but is now basically surrounded by Pele's residual lava as she continues to slowly encroach on the boat ramp. Lava has flowed in front of the parking lot and and black sand has reached all the way up to the boat ramp.

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