First map since end of eruption published by HVO

[glinda]

For those interested in such things, HVO recently published their first, post eruption, map of the flow field. The caption reads:

"Data depicted on this preliminary map of Kilauea lower East Rift Zone lava flow thicknesses are subject to change. A final map will be released when all remote sensing data have been collected and processed. Lava flows erupted from fissures 1-24 in 2018, which buried an area of about 35.5 sq km (13.7 sq mi) and added about 875 acres of new land to the island, vary in thickness across the flow field. The greatest thickness on land, at fissure 22, is approximately 55 m (180 ft), and the greatest thickness in the lava delta (new land created where lava entered the ocean) is approximately 280 m (919 ft). These values could change when data are finalized."

The HVO map page is at:

https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/volcanoes/kil..._maps.html

And the link directly to the larger view of this map itself is at:

https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/observatories...ge-545.jpg

[Chunkster]

Thanks, glinda! Interesting map.

[knieft]

Thanks, glinda.

Incredible.

Almost like it was touched by His noodley appendages.

And, am I right, that is is pretty much unlike previous flows?

Cheers,
Kirt

[ironyak]

knieft - And, am I right, that is is pretty much unlike previous flows?

Depends on how previous you mean. Unlike anything in the last 200 years, so they say, as the 1790 flow field was similar.

Google map for comparisons:
Lava Flows - Kilauea Hawai'i: 1790 - 2018
https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/3/viewer...fyW4vREvaF