Recent flow activity

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"Recent Observations of the Kahaualea 2 flow: It is becoming more likely that Friday's activity cut off the lava supply to the Kahaualea 2 lava tube."

http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/activity/kilaueastatus.php

This looks like very good news for us, hopefully the K2 lava tube is cut off and the new breakout will head south back to the sea.

"PNcam views yesterday and overnight showed only a few stationary glowing spots on breakouts at the north base of Puuoo cone (fewer than were visible the previous night) but there were still wispy smoke plumes in the distance which may be due to residual burning; if there were any distant glowing spots, webcam views of them were blocked by the diffuse glow from the newer flows in the camera foreground. On June 27, HVO geologists found the most distant Kahaualea 2 breakouts still active extending extending 7.1 km (4.4 mi) northeast from the Puuoo vent (see map). From this morning's webcam views, it's clear that the flow is still hot but is far less active than prior to the June 27 collapse. We should know with more certainty over the next few days whether the Kahaualea 2 lava flow has stalled."