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HVO scientists checking on the status of the lower East Rift Zone fissures this morning reported that no audible noise could be heard from the fissure 8 cone (near center).
During this morning's field observations, an HVO geologist collected a sample of pāhoehoe from the August 2 overflow of the fissure 8 channel. For more information on what can be learned from lava samples, please read HVO's July 27, 2018, Volcano Watch article (https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/observatories/hvo/hvo_volcano_watch.html?vwi…).
A view of the fissure 8 cone from above shows a small pool of lava in the vent. The lava is below the level of the outlet that was feeding the channel from May 27 until August 4. Civil Air Patrol photograph taken August 7, 2018.
Civil Air Patrol took this northwest-facing aerial photograph on August 7, 2018. The large collapse feature surrounding Halema‘uma‘u Crater within Kīlauea Caldera is in the center with lighter colored volcanic ash coating the landscape to the southwest (left). Plumes of smoke rise from brush fires on Mauna Loa's southeastern flank. Mauna Kea is visible on the right horizon and Keanakāko‘i Crater is located at the bottom center.
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