Images

The amount of channelized lava on the pali has decreased over the past week, but there were still several open channels active today.

A closer look at the swiftly moving channelized lava on the pali.

A video of the channelized lava on the pali today.

This small-scale map shows Kīlauea's active East Rift Zone lava flow field in relation to the southeastern part of the Island of Hawai‘i. The area of the active flow field on June 30 is shown in pink, while widening and advancement of the active flow field as mapped on July 5 is shown in red. Older Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō lava flows (1983-2016) are shown in gray.

The flow front remains active and has begun crossing the coastal plain. This afternoon, the flow front was roughly 400 m (0.25 miles) out from the base of the pali, and was 2.9 km (1.8 miles) from the ocean. The front consisted of slabby pāhoehoe, though ‘A‘ā was also active at the base of the pali.

A short distance upslope of the leading tip of the flow, the margin was less vigorous and forming more typical pāhoehoe lobes.

The activity at the leading tip of the flow was vigorous, with small channels appearing from time to time.

Although the leading tip of the flow consisted of pāhoehoe, visible in the foreground of this photo, there was still ‘A‘ā active on the steep slopes of the pali and at the base of the pali (upper part of the photo). The open channels that were active on the pali a few days ago have largely crusted over, but some sections remained active today.

A video of activity at the flow front today.

This map shows recent changes to Kīlauea's East Rift Zone lava flow field. The area of the active flow field as of June 28 is shown in pink, while widening and advancement of the active flow as mapped on June 30 is shown in red. Older Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō lava flows (1983-2016) are shown in gray.

The flow front reached the base of the pali yesterday, and over the past day has begun spreading out a short distance onto the coastal plain. Channelized ‘A‘ā remains active on the steep portion of the pali, with several parallel channels of swiftly moving lava.

A view looking up the pali, with the channels feeding lava to the flow front, which is spreading out at the base of the pali in the bottom of the photograph.

A section of the channelized ‘A‘ā, with what appears to be a small surge of lava moving through the channel.

Just above the steep section of the pali, the lava flow transitions from tube-fed pāhoehoe to the open channels that are feeding lava at the flow front.

A look into one of several skylights on the lava tube. The brightest area is the open lava stream.

Another skylight opened up in the past few days, exposing a long section of the lava stream.

A video showing the channelized flow near the flow front.

Up close view of the front of the ‘A‘ā flow.

Close view of ‘A‘ā blocks in the channel of the flow.

The flow front was reaching the base of the pali today, burning vegetation in the adjacent kipuka. The front consisted of ‘A‘ā that was fed by a narrow channel extending down the steep section of the pali.

A mango tree is surrounded by the ‘A‘ā flow.