04-12-2014, 12:07 PM
It's all part of living on top of the most active part of the island. It's probably a 50-50 chance it will keep flowing or stall and stop. Animating the maps so far, the flow isn't advancing very fast but it is filling in pretty quick. This is just 1 month, from Mar. 7 to Apr. 7:
http://i.imgur.com/Aitvt4E.gif
The fact it's broadening didn't happen for the previous K1 flow. Also, since the mechanism is magma flowing out a gap in the side of the splash cone, there is a steady feeding mechanism. The lava will be the last thing, it will be all the other indicators going on until lava starts emerging from the forest. There are days with different burning smells, there are a lot more particulates in the air, and it seems the burning so far is large enough that it's giving Kona a dark haze in the afternoon. All part of the majesty of the island.
"This island Hawaii on this island Earth"
http://i.imgur.com/Aitvt4E.gif
The fact it's broadening didn't happen for the previous K1 flow. Also, since the mechanism is magma flowing out a gap in the side of the splash cone, there is a steady feeding mechanism. The lava will be the last thing, it will be all the other indicators going on until lava starts emerging from the forest. There are days with different burning smells, there are a lot more particulates in the air, and it seems the burning so far is large enough that it's giving Kona a dark haze in the afternoon. All part of the majesty of the island.
"This island Hawaii on this island Earth"
*Japanese tourist on bus through Pahoa, "Is this still America?*