the flow is going to..
Today as I was clicking through the general suite of data points, I started to sense something fundamental has changed, suggesting maybe the eruption is winding down, or, at least changing? Here is the data that I am interpreting to say as much..
From.. https://www.usgs.gov/media/webcams/m8cam...-live-view
Is a picture of the fissure 3 eruption I would have included, but the forum only allows for two images to be embedded in a given post so leave it linked above..
The fountaining in the pic, at the time of this writing, appears to not be as high or vigorous as in days past. This morning that fountain looks sluggish by comparison to any other time in the past.
But that alone is not enough to speak of trends and such. It could be a few hours of activity taken out of a larger context, yet instrumentally maybe there’s something to back it up..
First a look at the summit tilt..
From.. https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/vsc/captures/...LT-1wk.png
![[Image: MOK-TILT-1wk.png]](https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/vsc/captures/mauna_loa/MOK-TILT-1wk.png)
With its spike (recording a 3.48 magnitude earthquake at the summit) late on the night of12/05 that has tapered off and since is almost flat.
And a similar change seen in the GPS vertical component, ie showing a slowing down in the rate of change, especially between the last few data points over what has been seen in days past..
From.. https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/vsc/captures/...1yr_up.png
![[Image: MLSP-GPS-1yr_up.png]](https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/vsc/captures/mauna_loa/MLSP-GPS-1yr_up.png)
As does the change in distance across the summit caldera show signs of slowing.. although not as graphically as the data set above. I leave it to be seen on HVO' side because of the picture limit here..
From.. https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/vsc/captures/...t_year.png
All combined I think, sense, they suggest if not a slowing down of the eruption at least slower changes in the magma body being observed when compared to earlier periods. To make it even more interesting there is not a corresponding change in the tremor. so the change could reflect something other than lava production rates. And, of course all this is preliminary, and only the first in what would need to be a series of changes to be enough to draw any kind of conclusion from. But still, it’s fun to observe, and speculate..
*Keep in mind, the graphics embedded in this post are dynamic, directly linked to their HVO source, and as such will change over time, and eventually no longer track the narrative of this post.
Today as I was clicking through the general suite of data points, I started to sense something fundamental has changed, suggesting maybe the eruption is winding down, or, at least changing? Here is the data that I am interpreting to say as much..
From.. https://www.usgs.gov/media/webcams/m8cam...-live-view
Is a picture of the fissure 3 eruption I would have included, but the forum only allows for two images to be embedded in a given post so leave it linked above..
The fountaining in the pic, at the time of this writing, appears to not be as high or vigorous as in days past. This morning that fountain looks sluggish by comparison to any other time in the past.
But that alone is not enough to speak of trends and such. It could be a few hours of activity taken out of a larger context, yet instrumentally maybe there’s something to back it up..
First a look at the summit tilt..
From.. https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/vsc/captures/...LT-1wk.png
With its spike (recording a 3.48 magnitude earthquake at the summit) late on the night of12/05 that has tapered off and since is almost flat.
And a similar change seen in the GPS vertical component, ie showing a slowing down in the rate of change, especially between the last few data points over what has been seen in days past..
From.. https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/vsc/captures/...1yr_up.png
As does the change in distance across the summit caldera show signs of slowing.. although not as graphically as the data set above. I leave it to be seen on HVO' side because of the picture limit here..
From.. https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/vsc/captures/...t_year.png
All combined I think, sense, they suggest if not a slowing down of the eruption at least slower changes in the magma body being observed when compared to earlier periods. To make it even more interesting there is not a corresponding change in the tremor. so the change could reflect something other than lava production rates. And, of course all this is preliminary, and only the first in what would need to be a series of changes to be enough to draw any kind of conclusion from. But still, it’s fun to observe, and speculate..
*Keep in mind, the graphics embedded in this post are dynamic, directly linked to their HVO source, and as such will change over time, and eventually no longer track the narrative of this post.