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Aerial Overview of Lava Flow Activity
Aerial Overview of Lava Flow Activity
Aerial Overview of Lava Flow Activity

This Quicktime movie gives a brief aerial overview of activity at the flow front.

This Quicktime movie gives a brief aerial overview of activity at the flow front.

Aerial Overview of Lava Flow Activity
Aerial Overview of Lava Flow Activity
Aerial Overview of Lava Flow Activity

This Quicktime movie gives a quick aerial overview of activity at the front of the June 27th lava flow. The flow remains active, with slow-moving breakouts about 2.5 km (1.6 miles) upslope of Apa‘a St. and 3.5 km (2.2 miles) from Pāhoa Village Road.

This Quicktime movie gives a quick aerial overview of activity at the front of the June 27th lava flow. The flow remains active, with slow-moving breakouts about 2.5 km (1.6 miles) upslope of Apa‘a St. and 3.5 km (2.2 miles) from Pāhoa Village Road.

HVO Geologist Lava Sampling
HVO Geologist Lava Sampling
HVO Geologist Lava Sampling

This Quicktime movie shows an HVO geologist sampling lava on the June 27th lava flow using a rock hammer. The lava is placed into a bucket of water to quench the sample. Lava samples like this are routinely collected for chemical analysis, which provides insight into the magmatic system feeding the eruption.

This Quicktime movie shows an HVO geologist sampling lava on the June 27th lava flow using a rock hammer. The lava is placed into a bucket of water to quench the sample. Lava samples like this are routinely collected for chemical analysis, which provides insight into the magmatic system feeding the eruption.

Aerial Overview of Lava Flow Activity
Aerial Overview of Lava Flow Activity
Aerial Overview of Lava Flow Activity

This Quicktime movie gives a quick aerial overview of the activity at the front of the June 27th lava flow. Kaohe Homesteads is in the lower left.

This Quicktime movie gives a quick aerial overview of the activity at the front of the June 27th lava flow. Kaohe Homesteads is in the lower left.

Aerial Overview of Activity Near Kaohe Homesteads
Aerial Overview of Activity Near Kaohe Homesteads
Aerial Overview of Activity Near Kaohe Homesteads

This Quicktime movie provides a brief aerial overview of activity at the flow front. Kaohe Homesteads is in the lower left.

This Quicktime movie provides a brief aerial overview of activity at the flow front. Kaohe Homesteads is in the lower left.

Overflight of Flow Front
Overflight of Flow Front
Overflight of Flow Front

This Quicktime movie provides an aerial view of activity near the front of the June 27th flow, where numerous pāhoehoe lobes are slowly burning vegetation.

This Quicktime movie provides an aerial view of activity near the front of the June 27th flow, where numerous pāhoehoe lobes are slowly burning vegetation.

View Through Skylight on Lava Tube
View Through Skylight on Lava Tube
View Through Skylight on Lava Tube

This Quicktime movie shows the view through a skylight on the lava tube, which provided a clear view of the flowing lava stream.

This Quicktime movie shows the view through a skylight on the lava tube, which provided a clear view of the flowing lava stream.

Aerial of Flow Front Relative to Kaohe Homesteads
Aerial of Flow Front Relative to Kaohe Homesteads
Aerial of Flow Front Relative to Kaohe Homesteads

This Quicktime movie provides an aerial view of the flow front and its position relative to Kaohe Homesteads.

This Quicktime movie provides an aerial view of the flow front and its position relative to Kaohe Homesteads.

Overflight of Flow Front
Overflight of Flow Front
Overflight of Flow Front

This Quicktime movie provides an overview of activity near the front of the June 27th lava flow, and shows the position of the flow front relative to Kaohe Homesteads and Pahoa.

This Quicktime movie provides an overview of activity near the front of the June 27th lava flow, and shows the position of the flow front relative to Kaohe Homesteads and Pahoa.

Aerial View of Activity, June 27th Lava Flow
Aerial View of Activity, June 27th Lava Flow
Aerial View of Activity, June 27th Lava Flow

This Quicktime video provides an aerial view of the activity at the front of the June 27th lava flow.

This Quicktime video provides an aerial view of the activity at the front of the June 27th lava flow.

Overflight of Flow Front
Overflight of Flow Front
Overflight of Flow Front

This Quicktime movie gives a quick aerial overview of activity at the flow front.

This Quicktime movie gives a quick aerial overview of activity at the flow front.

Overflight Showing Flow Activity
Overflight Showing Flow Activity
Overflight Showing Flow Activity

This Quicktime movie shows activity at the front of the June 27th lava flow. The flow front continues to advance eastward, with lava issuing out of a ground crack and spreading through dense forest, creating thick plumes of smoke.

This Quicktime movie shows activity at the front of the June 27th lava flow. The flow front continues to advance eastward, with lava issuing out of a ground crack and spreading through dense forest, creating thick plumes of smoke.

Lava Flow Activity
Lava Flow Activity
Lava Flow Activity

The June 27th lava flow remains active at its leading edge, where lava is spreading out slowly into thick forest and also plunging into one of the many deep ground cracks that form Kīlauea's East Rift Zone. This Quicktime video shows the activity near the eastern edge of the flow.

The June 27th lava flow remains active at its leading edge, where lava is spreading out slowly into thick forest and also plunging into one of the many deep ground cracks that form Kīlauea's East Rift Zone. This Quicktime video shows the activity near the eastern edge of the flow.

Lava Flow Activity
Lava Flow Activity
Lava Flow Activity

The Quicktime video begins with a view of the steaming ground crack, where lava is moving deep within the crack. As the view rotates west, lava can be seen on the surface burning thick forest. Finally, the camera focuses on the eastern edge of the flow, where lava is plunging into the deep ground crack.

The Quicktime video begins with a view of the steaming ground crack, where lava is moving deep within the crack. As the view rotates west, lava can be seen on the surface burning thick forest. Finally, the camera focuses on the eastern edge of the flow, where lava is plunging into the deep ground crack.

Southern Front of Lava Flow from Pu`u `Ō`ō
Southern Front of Lava Flow from Pu`u `Ō`ō
Southern Front of Lava Flow from Pu`u `Ō`ō

This Quicktime movie shows the southern front of the June 27th lava flow from Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō. Lava here has flowed into a deep crack on Kīlauea's East Rift Zone. The line of steam extending out from the visible flow margin at the surface is inferred to be caused by lava deep within the crack.

This Quicktime movie shows the southern front of the June 27th lava flow from Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō. Lava here has flowed into a deep crack on Kīlauea's East Rift Zone. The line of steam extending out from the visible flow margin at the surface is inferred to be caused by lava deep within the crack.

Lava Lake Explosive Event
Lava Lake Explosive Event
Lava Lake Explosive Event

Movie from a webcam positioned on the rim of Halema‘uma‘u, directly above the summit lava lake, showing the July 23 explosive event. The movie images were captured at 1 frame/second, and the playback speed is 12 frames/second.

Movie from a webcam positioned on the rim of Halema‘uma‘u, directly above the summit lava lake, showing the July 23 explosive event. The movie images were captured at 1 frame/second, and the playback speed is 12 frames/second.

Rockfall Causing Explosive Event
Rockfall Causing Explosive Event
Rockfall Causing Explosive Event

Movie from a webcam positioned in the observation tower at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, next to Jaggar Museum, near the summit of Kīlauea, showing the July 23 explosive event. The movie images were captured at 2 frame/second, and the playback speed is 12 frames/second.

Movie from a webcam positioned in the observation tower at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, next to Jaggar Museum, near the summit of Kīlauea, showing the July 23 explosive event. The movie images were captured at 2 frame/second, and the playback speed is 12 frames/second.

Activity in the lava pond in the northeast portion of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō
Activity in the lava pond in the northeast portion of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō
Activity in the lava pond in the northeast portion of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō

This Quicktime movie shows activity in the lava pond in the northeast portion of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō crater. A lava pond has been here for months, but it enlarged considerably during the June 27 breakout as the lava level in the pond dropped.

This Quicktime movie shows activity in the lava pond in the northeast portion of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō crater. A lava pond has been here for months, but it enlarged considerably during the June 27 breakout as the lava level in the pond dropped.

Lava Chunk
Lava Chunk
Lava Chunk

This Quicktime movie shows a large chunk of lava being pushed by the current in the channel.

This Quicktime movie shows a large chunk of lava being pushed by the current in the channel.

Lava Pond at Pu`u `Ō`ō Crater
Lava Pond at Pu`u `Ō`ō Crater
Lava Pond at Pu`u `Ō`ō Crater

Mar 7, 2014: This Quicktime movie shows the lava pond in Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō crater, which was undergoing "gas pistoning". Gas pistoning is the cyclic rise and fall of the lava surface, driven by the buildup and release of gas in the lava pond.

Mar 7, 2014: This Quicktime movie shows the lava pond in Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō crater, which was undergoing "gas pistoning". Gas pistoning is the cyclic rise and fall of the lava surface, driven by the buildup and release of gas in the lava pond.

Lava Lake in Halema`uma`u Crater
Lava Lake in Halema`uma`u Crater
Lava Lake in Halema`uma`u Crater

Mar 7, 2014: This Quicktime movie shows Kīlauea's summit lava lake in Halema‘uma‘u Crater. A persistent spatter source is active on the lake margin.

Mar 7, 2014: This Quicktime movie shows Kīlauea's summit lava lake in Halema‘uma‘u Crater. A persistent spatter source is active on the lake margin.