Images

In the upslope portion of the June 27th flow field, a breakout was active north of the forested cone of Kahauale‘a. Some of this lava was the "blue glassy" type of pāhoehoe, which often represents lava that has been stored within an inflated flow for several days.

A closer look at the blue glassy type of pāhoehoe, whose color stands out from the more typical black lava surface on the left side of the photo. For scale the photograph width is about two meters (yards).

This large-scale map uses a satellite image acquired in March 2014 (provided by Digital Globe) as a base to show the area around the front of Kīlauea's active East Rift Zone lava flow. The area of the flow on January 22 is shown in pink, while widening and advancement of the flow based on satellite imagery acquired today (January 26), is shown in red.

HVO geologist taking a gps waypoint of the leading edge of the June 27th flow, which consisted of a narrow, sluggish breakout during the afternoon.

One of many small breakouts on the surface of the June 27th flow immediately upslope of the leading edge. Many inflation features are present on the flow, including the tumulus in upper right.

This large-scale map uses a satellite image acquired in March 2014 (provided by Digital Globe) as a base to show the area around the front of Kīlauea's active East Rift Zone lava flow. The area of the flow on January 19 is shown in pink, while widening and advancement of the flow as of January 22 is shown in red.

This large-scale map shows the distal part of Kīlauea's active East Rift Zone lava flow in relation to nearby Puna communities. The area of the flow on January 19 is shown in pink, while widening and advancement of the flow as of January 22 is shown in red.

This small-scale map shows Kīlauea's active East Rift Zone lava flow in relation to lower Puna. The area of the flow on January 19 is shown in pink, while widening and advancement of the flow as of January 22 is shown in red.

USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory geologist Matt Patrick uses a handheld GPS receiver to map the boundary of an active lobe of the June 27th lava flow near Pāhoa on the Island of Hawai‘i. USGS photo.

The June 27th flow remains active near its leading tip, with breakouts scattered in the distal portion of the flow. The leading tip has not advanced significantly over the past few days, and remains about 600 meters (0.4 miles) from Highway 130.

This photograph looks north, and shows the position of the leading tip of the flow relative to Highway 130. The brown swaths cut through the forest are fire breaks, and the large brown area at the left side of the image is a recent burn scar.

A view looking upslope at the leading tip of the flow.

This map overlays a georegistered mosaic of thermal images collected during a helicopter overflight of the distal part of Kīlauea's active East Rift Zone lava flow on January 22 at about 9:15 AM. The base image is a satellite image acquired in March 2014 (provided by Digital Globe). The perimeter of the flow at that time is outlined in yellow.

The leading tip of the most distal active portion of the June 27th lava flow remains active, but consists of small, sluggish breakouts that have not advanced a significant distance during the past two days. The leading tip of the flow remains approximately 600 meters (0.4 miles) from Highway 130.

Only a handful of small breakouts were active along the leading tip of the flow.

Looking downslope at the leading tip of the flow, which is surrounded by burned vegetation.

This large-scale map uses a satellite image acquired in March 2014 (provided by Digital Globe) as a base to show the area around the front of Kīlauea's active East Rift Zone lava flow.

This satellite image was captured on Sunday, January 4, 2015, by the Advanced Land Imager instrument onboard NASA's Earth Observing 1 satellite. Bright red pixels depict areas of high temperature and indicate active lava. White areas are clouds. The yellow outline is the flow margin as mapped on Tuesday, December 30.

This large-scale map uses a satellite image acquired in March 2014 (provided by Digital Globe) as a base to show the area around the front of Kīlauea's active East Rift Zone lava flow. The area of the flow on January 9 is shown in pink, while widening and advancement of the flow as determined from our overflight in the morning on January 13 is shown in red.

This large-scale map shows the distal part of Kīlauea's active East Rift Zone lava flow in relation to nearby Puna communities. The area of the flow in the morning on January 9 is shown in pink, while widening and advancement of the flow as determined from our overflight acquired in the morning on January 13 is shown in red.

The leading tip of the flow near Pahoa Marketplace remains stalled, but active breakouts persist a short distance upslope. Breakouts were active about 500 meters (0.3 miles) upslope of the stalled tip, and a portion of this activity on the north margin triggered a small brush fire.