Recent Observations of the Kahauale`a 2 flow:

[Bullwinkle]

may 5th The most distant active front of the Kahauale#699;a 2 flow was just over 8.6 km (5.3 miles)

may 15: with the flow front now at 8.8 km (5.5 mi) northeast from Pu`u `O`o.

1/4 mile (plus or minus) in two weeks

[dakine]

quote:

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Originally posted by pahoated

The concentration is under Pu'u O'o, showing it's more active than Kilauea...

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Kilauea is one of the five volcanoes that together make up the island of Hawaii. i.e. large. Puu Oo is a vent (one of many dozen if not hundreds) on the East Rift Zone of Kilauea, which is currently erupting, i.e. small. Halemaumau is another vent on Kilauea, this one on it's summit, which is also erupting.

[SBH]

There's a new map out as of yesterday showing only three breakouts, the furthest active lava being 3.9 miles from Pu`u `O`o instead of the 5.5 miles we saw two weeks ago.

http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/maps/

Recent Observations of the Kahauale`a 2 flow: Yesterday, HVO geologists located three small breakouts in the interior of the Kahauale`a 2 flow 1.8-6.2 km (1.1-3.9 mi) from the Pu`u `O`o vent. Over the past 24 hours, PNcam views showed no distant smoke plumes during the day consistent with active lava not reaching the forest at the edges of the flow; at night, there were infrequent glimpses of weak glow from the two closest breakouts.