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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - June 26, 2004

By Hawaiian Volcano Observatory June 26, 2004

An unexpected breakout from the blue-fume tube

This is a photo of a channeled breakout spreading into fan just short of coastline on eastern Banana lava delta.
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Channeled breakout spreading into fan just short of coastline on eastern Banana lava delta. Total length of breakout, about 50 m. This is different breakout than than shown in rest of images today; it was dead an hour later.
This is a photo of west and east branches of blue-fume breakout.
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West (left) and east branches of blue-fume breakout, descending old sea cliff present before Wilipe`a lava delta (foreground) formed 1.5-2 yr ago. Note colored western sky at dawn.

 

This is a photo of west branch of blue-fume breakout pouring down pre-Wilipe`a sea cliff and spreading across delta below.
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Visitors flock to see west branch of blue-fume breakout pour down pre-Wilipe`a sea cliff and spread across delta below.
This is a photo of slabby crust on west branch of blue-fume breakout.
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Slabby crust on west branch of blue-fume breakout. This flow will solidify to that is called slabby pahoehoe.

 

This is a photo of fluid toe of lava emerging from under slabby crust.
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Detail of fluid toe of lava emerging from under slabby crust just right of right image above. Toe is 1 m wide.
This is a photo of a slabby lava flow in west branch breakout.
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Foreground shows slabby flow in west branch breakout. Background shows cascade of lava in east branch of breakout descending pre-Wilipe`a sea cliff. People give scale.

 

This is a photo of the front of east branch of blue-fume breakout on surface of Wilipe`a lava delta.
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Front of east branch of blue-fume breakout on surface of Wilipe`a lava delta.
This is a photo of a tongue descending the slope separating Wilipe`a lava delta from active eastern Banana delta.
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Front of same branch 25 minutes later. It has now moved some 30-40 m and is descending the slope separating Wilipe`a lava delta from active eastern Banana delta. Surface between flow and water is on eastern Banana delta.

 

This is a photo of tongue of west branch of blue-fume breakout.
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Tongue of west branch of blue-fume breakout, which crossed and burned rope barrier a short time earlier.
This is a photo of a tongue in the west branch burning rope.
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Nearby, another tongue in the west branch burns rope. Good Samaritans moved rope to safe(?) site a short time later to save taxpayer dollars.

 

This is a photo of east branch of blue-fume breakout from pre-Wilipe`a sea cliff to its front on eastern Banana delta.
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Wide angle view shows east branch of blue-fume breakout from pre-Wilipe`a sea cliff to its front on eastern Banana delta, a distance of about 125 m.
This is a photo of lava drapery that formed during growth of Wilipe`a delta in 2002.
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Closer view of upper part of east branch. Pre-Wilipe`a sea cliff nicely shows lava drapery that formed during growth of Wilipe`a delta in 2002.

 

This is a photo of east branch of blue-fume breakout, showing channeled nature below pre-Wilipe`a sea cliff.
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East branch of blue-fume breakout, showing channeled nature below pre-Wilipe`a sea cliff. Image taken from top of that old sea cliff, near point where lava descends to Wilipe`a delta.
This is a photo of roiling lava as it picks up speed and falls down pre-Wilipe`a sea cliff.
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Looking at roiling lava as it picks up speed and falls down pre-Wilipe`a sea cliff. Lava is in small tube at very top of cliff. Small skylight afforded this view--too hot to worry about photographic niceties.

 

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