Images

This map uses a satellite image acquired in March 2014 (provided by Digital Globe) as a base to show the area around the front of the June 27th lava flow. The area of the flow on November 5, 2014, at 1:00 PM is shown in pink, while widening and advancement of the flow as mapped on November 7 at 3:30 PM is shown in red.

The main mode of growth of the June 27th lava flow over the past several days has been inflation (thickening) of the flow. The photos above were taken where lava crossed AP‘A‘ā Street / Cemetery Road. On October 25 (left), just a few hours after the flow crossed the road, the lava was only about 3 feet thick.

The June 27th lava flow remains active above Pāhoa. The tip of the flow remains stalled about 155 meters (170 yards) from Pāhoa Village Road, which crosses the middle of the photo. Smoke plumes are visible above town, caused by burning vegetation at the site of lava breakouts. Highway 130 is at the bottom of this photo, which was taken from a helicopter.

Another helicopter view of the active June 27th lava flow above Pāhoa. Smoke plumes are caused by burning vegetation at the site of lava breakouts along the margins of the flow. AP‘A‘ā Street / Cemetery Road, partially covered by lava, is in the foreground.

A timelapse camera that USGS HVO scientists were using to monitor a lava tube skylight was caught in an overflow this morning. In this view, recent lava has surrounded the tripod and melted the power cable.

The camera housing had partially melted, but the electronics and camera inside were not damaged.

This view from the helicopter shows the light gray, recent pāhoehoe lava that emerged from the tube skylight and nearly destroyed two timelapse cameras. The summit of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō is out of view at upper right.

An aerial view into a skylight revealed flowing lava in the main tube feeding the June 27th lava flow. The large opening is about 7 meters (7.5 yards) across.

This image shows a comparison of a normal photograph of the flow front with a thermal image of roughly the same area. The thermal image clearly shows the distribution of active breakouts (white and yellow spots), some of which were active around the cemetery.

This aerial view of the June 27th lava flow on Nov. 5, 2014, shows the stalled flow front, about 155 meters (170 yards) from Pāhoa Village Road (lower right corner). Clearly visible smoke plumes above and below Cemetery Road are due to burning vegetation at the sites of lava breakouts along the flow.

A small breakout from the inflated June 27th lava flow near the Pāhoa cemetery overwhelms a fence and pushes toward a tree during the late morning of Thursday, November 6, 2014.

This small-scale map shows the June 27th lava flow in Kīlauea's East Rift Zone in relation to lower Puna. The area of the flow on November 3, 2014, at 11:30 AM is shown in pink, while widening and advancement of the flow as mapped on November 5 at 1:00 PM is shown in red.

This large-scale map shows the distal part of the June 27th flow in relation to nearby Puna communities. The area of the flow on November 3, 2014, at 11:30 AM is shown in pink, while widening and advancement of the flow as mapped on November 5, at 1:00 PM is shown in red.

This map uses a satellite image acquired in March 2014 (provided by Digital Globe) as a base at 1:13,000 scale to show the area around the front of the June 27th lava flow. The area of the flow on November 3, 2014, at 11:30 AM is shown in pink, while widening and advancement of the flow as mapped on November 5 at 1:00 PM is shown in red.

The June 27th lava flow remains active above Pāhoa. The tip of the flow remains stalled about 155 meters (170 yards) from Pāhoa Village Road, which crosses the photo at very bottom right. Smoke plumes are visible above town, caused by burning vegetation at the site of lava breakouts.

Looking roughly northeast, along the flow path, towards Pāhoa (just visible at the top of the photo). Brown scars in the forest on the left of the photo mark previous brush fires, sparked by the heat of the lava.

Closer view of breakout described in photo to the left.

Closeup of breakout 2.5 km (1.5 miles) above AP‘A‘ā Street. Red glow is from both burning vegetation and active pāhoehoe lobes. Gray streaks are accumulations of ash where vegetation has burned on the flow surface.

A small finger of lava has advanced into the vegetation just east of Kaohe Homesteads, on the south side of the flow. Active lava is visible near the bottom right of the image.

A comparison of a normal photograph with a thermal image of the flow front. The warm (but not hot) temperatures (red and orange) around the leading tip of the flow indicate that no surface flows are active in this area. Several small breakouts are active a short distance upslope, near the cemetery, and are visible by their higher temperatures (yellow, white).

Viscous pāhoehoe oozes from the margin of the June 27th lava flow about 370 meters (405 yards) above AP‘A‘ā St. This area was the most active as observed during field work on Tuesday, November 4, 2014.