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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - August 11, 2018

By Kīlauea August 11, 2018

Volcanic activity diminished on Kīlauea's lower East Rift Zone
 

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The UAS team (Unmanned Aircraft Systems) flew a mission over fissure 8 to assess conditions within the cinder cone. As shown, fissure 8 contains two small ponds deep within its crater. One pond slowly circulates with an incandescent surface while the other pond is stagnant with a crusted top.
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View of the fissure 8 cinder cone from the Leilani Estates subdivision. The cone height is currently about 30 m (100 ft) with a very broad base. Sulfur dioxide (SO2) levels are greatly reduced in the lower East Rift Zone, measured at ~ 200 tons/day on August 5-6.
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Close view of the Pohoiki boat ramp during this morning's overflight. The southern-most flow margin has not advanced significantly toward the Pohoiki boat ramp, but black sand and larger fragments from the entry areas have washed ashore to create a sand bar and beach at this site. Geologists observed several small lava streams trickling into the sea along the souther portion of the lava delta, producing weak laze plumes.

Webcam site on Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō
 

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Geologist hikes to the rim of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō to clean the external housing lenses of two webcams on the rim of the new crater that formed on April 30, 2018.

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