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Erupting vents and flows continues to change

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Aerial view of active lava flow crossing Pohoiki Road during an overflight this morning about 7 a.m. HST. Note lava fountains erupting from fissure 8 (left) and 24 (right) from the fissure complex. By late this morning , the flow's advance slowed to a few meters (yards) per hour, and fissure 8 stopped erupting.