Fountaining & active lava flows on the floor of Nāpau Crater.

[dobanion]

Lava falls! Been waiting/hoping for this. My fav picture when I was a kid was a spectacular lava falls during the Mauna Ulu eruption, into what was then Alae crater. Link to that photo here: https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/lava-f...ption-1969

Hoping USGS got out there last night and took some photos/videos from the chopper. I keep hitting refresh to see if anything is posted. Not yet. Fingers crossed.

I snipped out the best time from the webcam 24 hour replay, it was about 6:13PM last night where the ambient light was just about right to see the lava best. Resolution sucks, best I could do with the material available.

[Chas]

Yeah, I've been keeping the page up and refreshing often. 

It's best when it's dark. I try to catch it right after or right before it switches from/to night vision during sunrise and sunset.

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

Chas, 
Here’s another photo of the lava falls:
https://www.bigislandvideonews.com/2024/...au-crater/

[Chas]

Thanks. Looks like it's waning, if it's not already over. No glow on the camera right now...

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

Helicopter video from a few days ago with nice closeup of lavafall.  Fast moving lava:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DAHgYqXym...52dg%3D%3D