May 19, 2016 Bleeding Tumuli
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 inside and on the...
May 12, 2016 No Lava in the Forest
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...
May 5 (Boy’s Day), 2016 Lava Hiding
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 robust, but...
April 28, 2016 Vent Spatter
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 were observed today. this...
April 21, 2016 Pele Performs
Lava is being delivered through the lava tubes to the northeast from 1.5 to 3.5 miles from the Pu’u ‘O’o vent. Several forest entries to the north burn slowly, expanding the margins of the flow feel bit by bit.
April 14, 2016 Steamy Flow Field
April 14, 2016 Steamy Flow Field Rainy skies over East Hawaii recently made our overflight this morning much more atmospheric, although we were unable to access the Pu'u 'O'o vent. Leilani the Hula Girl and Lava Ducky were both on board, along with special guest,...
March 31, 2016 Voggy Volcano
March 31, 2016 Voggy Volcano
The north forest continues to burn, although very weakly, in a half dozen places up to about 5 miles from the Pu’u ‘O’o vent. The distal tip however is extremely sluggish, sending up a very small amount of smoke, with almost no visible lava in the trees.
March 24, 2016 Love Lava
March 24, 2016 Lava Love
Bright sunny skies allowed us complete access to the Pu`u O`o flow field on the east rift zone this morning.
March 17, 2016 Plenty Lava Flows
March 17, 2016, Plenty Lava Flows
More than a half dozen separate entries were observed in the forest over a three mile span. We were unable, however to access the vent or the lava lake on the western end due to the weather.
March 10, 2016 Forest Flows
March 10, 2016, Forest Flows
Most of the activity this morning was confined to the north forest, which continues to burn over an even broader area up to about 4 1/2 miles from the Pu’u ‘O’o vent. We also caught a quick glimpse of the lava lake on the western end of Pu’u ‘O’o.
January 14, 2016 Lava Lake Visible
January 14, 2016 Lava Lake Visible
Numerous small breakouts dotted the flow field within there miles of Pu’u ‘O’o today, but the volume of lava appeared considerably reduced overall.
January 7, 2016 Big Middle Flow
January 7, 2016 Big Middle Flow
The north forest continues to burn over an even broader area some three miles from the Pu’u ‘O’o vent. We caught only a quick glimpse of the lava lake on the western end of Pu’u ‘O’o, as it was again obscured by the vent’s heavy plume.