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From same place as above image, showing in greater detail the 3-meter-wide bend in the breakout channel. Note rafts of crust with complex folds and wrinkles.
Large breakout coming frometers tumulus (right). Lava flows northeast and then enters sweeping curve that takes it southeast. Breakout started less than 5 minutes earlier, suddenly gushing frometers tumulus. At bend, channel is 3 meters wide. Note person in right-center background.
Same breakout as above, but viewed from east, not northeast. Breakout is waning, and more crust has formed all along channel, in particular in distal areas.
Aerial view of recently and actively emplaced part of Kohola arm on coastal flat. Shiny, light gray rock is youngest. Note lobate pattern of flow front. Images above were taken near stringy "feelers" right (east) of tip of front.
View of west branch of Kohola arm, with newest strand, narrow and light gray, moving southward from main branch and nearing top of Holei Pali. Lava began flowing down Holei at 1745 later today. See large view for annotations.
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