Surface flows covered western part of the bench

Photo taken January 11. Note how surface flows (shiny) covered the western part of the bench and extended it outward across the black sand beach. The flows also moved westward along the base of the old sea cliff, and another near the tip of the bench turned east. The right view shows how the bench consists of two steps, the lower, outer one representing growth beyond an earlier front of the bench. Cracks cut the new part of the bench, making it especially unstable. White spots just inland of bench are park signs warning visitors to get no closer.