03-05-2011, 04:02 PM
Hey there, DaKine...I remember a less-than-24-hour eruption at Napau Crater prior to the start in Jan 1983 of the current eruption. It was the prettiest eruption I ever saw...we were actually bused by the park to the parking lot near the crater and were allowed to stand on the crater's edge and watch the lava pouring out of a tube in the south wall of the crater, about halfway up and snake through the crater floor as dusk set in. It was awesome!