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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - April 29, 2015

By Kīlauea April 29, 2015

Summit lava lake overflows vent rim

 

Summit lava lake overflows vent rim...
Photo from the rim of Halema‘uma‘u showing the lava lake in the completely filled Overlook crater. Repeated overflows are beginning to construct levees around the lake, such that the level of the lake is now perched about 2 m (7 ft) above the original floor of Halema‘uma‘u.
Photo of the overflowing lava lake taken from the rim of Halema‘uma...
Photo of the overflowing lava lake taken from the rim of Halema‘uma‘u.
Identical to photo at left, but with labels. The dashed white line ...
Identical to photo at left, but with labels. The dashed white line indicates the lava lake rim.
Kīlauea Volcano's summit lava lake, which was about 12 m (40 ft) be...
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Kīlauea Volcano's summit lava lake, which was about 12 m (40 ft) below the vent rim on April 25 (left), overflowed the vent rim for the first time at about 9:40 p.m., HST, on April 28. As of noon on April 29 (right), the lava lake had overflowed the vent rim several more times. These Webcam images capture the summit vent before and after the overflows.

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