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Scattered breakouts NE of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō; no significant advancement

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Scattered breakouts persist northeast of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō, with no significant advancement over the past month. Today, the farthest active breakouts were 5.8 km (3.6 miles) from the vent on Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō. Several small breakouts were burning vegetation along the north margin of the flow, at the forest boundary. This photo looks upslope, towards the vent. Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō can be seen on the skyline in the upper right portion of the image.