03-04-2011, 04:33 AM
We were at Jagger last night, and it was spectacular. The pit in the floor of Halemaumau was visibly bigger than when we last went two weeks ago. Although there were occasional passing low clouds and fog that obscured it, there were clear spells when the vent was glowing so brightly that the cliffs behind it were lighted up like the wall of an open fireplace. The real treat for me, however, was the sound. We could hear the lava sloshing back and forth in the pit, and it sometimes sounded like muffled thunder, althought there were no explosions while we were there. Another amazing evening at Kilauea!