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July 13th, 2011 - No lava flowing on the Flank of Volcano Kilauea
This morning the water was beautiful with a rare view of the great three Big Island mountains Kilauea, Mauna Loa & Mauna Kea all in clear site. In addition the strongest plume to be seen in months was emitting from the Pu'u'O'o Crater as the lava lake continues rising inside the crater. Over the past couple weeks weve been blessed with calm ocean waters, an abundance of ocean wildlife, all the while enjoying the ever changing Hawaii Volcanoes National Parks remote exclusive ocean museum of lava tubes, landslides, littorial cinder cones, sea arches, giant sea cliffs, frozen rivers of fire, black sand beaches & catching an array of Ono, Mahi Mahi, and Yellow fin Tuna. (AHI)
January 2011- July 2011 Volcano Recap
2011 started off with heavy flows both on the flank of Kilauea and into the sea until early March when the volcano changed a rockfall event occured in the Pu'u'O'o Crater falling nearly 380 ft thus starting an eruption out of a Napau fissure which erupted up to 130ft in the air before stopping. Then in late March lava returned to the Pu'u'O'o Crater and began the rise of the lava lake. As of July 13th, 2011 the lava has filled back up to the previous levels back in March with elevated emissions, fro here its anyones guess????
June 2011 -
Pu`u `Ō `ō, its crater partly filled by lava flows accumulating on the crater floor. The active lava lake in the crater is 205 m (673 ft) long and varies in width from 80–115 m (262–377 ft). It still has about 12 m (39 ft) to go to reach the level of the crater floor prior to the collapse.
Looking west into Pu`u `Ō `ō Crater and the perched pond
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| June 29, 2011 - Looking west into Pu`u `Ō `ō Crater. Recent flows that have spilled out of the perched pond stand out by their silver color. These overflows have built up the crater floor another 5 m (16 ft) since last week. Kane Nui o Hamo, Mauna Ulu, and Pu`u Huluhulu are in the background. |
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| Left. A breach in the south wall of the perched pond allowed lava to gush out onto the floor of Pu`u `Ō `ō Crater.Right. A different perspective of the perched pond, from the west side of Pu`u `Ō `ō Crater. |
The active lava lake in Pu`u `Ō `ō and its levee
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| June 23, 2011 View looking east into Pu`u `Ō `ō, its crater partly filled by lava flows accumulating on the crater floor. The active lava lake in the crater is 205 m (673 ft) long and varies in width from 80–115 m (262–377 ft). The West Gap pit is in the central foreground, and the Puka Nui and MLK pits are to the right (the MLK pit is in back). The crater has filled in vertically about 100 m (328 ft) since the crater collapsed on March 5, 2011, at the start of the uprift Kamoamoa eruption. It still has about 12 m (39 ft) to go to reach the level of the crater floor prior to the collapse. |
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| When viewed from a steeper angle (here looking west) the lava lake’s shape makes it look like a huge slipper. Recent overflows appear as lighter-colored patches of lava on the crater floor around the lake. |
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| The lava lake’s levee stands up to 8 m (26 ft) above the surrounding crater floor. This steep-sided levee impounds the lava and forms what is called a “perched” lava lake. Pieces of the rim occasionally collapse into the lake, leading to sudden and fast-moving overflows of lava onto the crater floor. |
Pu`u `Ō `ō Crater is once again perched above the surrounding crater floor.Overflows from the lava pond in Pu`u `Ō `ō and numerous spattering sources.
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| June 1, 2011 Left. Overflows from the lava pond in Pu`u `Ō `ō have nearly leveled the crater floor with the perched pond. The floor of the crater is now 39 m (128 ft) below the east rim. June 10, 2011 Right. Over the past week, the lava pond in Pu`u `Ō `ō Crater has rebuilt its retaining walls and is once again perched 3-5 m (10-16 ft) above the surrounding crater floor. |
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