09-10-2014, 08:03 AM
And for the lava junkies out there - keep your eyes on Halemaumau. It is known to be generally related to the amount of lava coming out of Puu Oo. If the summit starts to deflate, then the supply rate to Puu Oo will likely be diminished. This relationship has been known to affect ocean entries and lava tubes that supply them. Occasionally when the volcano is deflating, lava tubes empty of lava, and can collapse, causing the lava, when it resumes, to not reoccupy the tube system. That's why ocean entries were always changing when the flow was coming out of the south side of Puu Oo and flowing down to the ocean past kalapana.