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June 2: Kapoho Isolated, Green Lake Evaporated

Today’s Eruption Summary:

After several days of anticipation, Fissure 8 arrived at last at Four Corners, the intersection of Highway 132 & 137. That gave local residents more time to retrieve their belongs before access to and from the Kapoho/Vacationland area was cut off.

USGS Caption: Northern edge of the fissure 8 flow front on the night of June 1, as it approached the intersection of Highways 132 and 137, known as “Four Corners.” (Full-sized)

Sadly, while people can evacuate, precious landmarks can’t. Today Green Lake seems to have gone the same way as the Queen’s Bath in Kalapana:

USGS Caption: “As fissure 8 lava flowed into Green Lake, the lake water boiled away, sending a white plume high into the sky—visible from afar between around 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. HST. This aerial photo, taken a couple of hours later by the Hawai‘i County Fire Department, shows still-steaming lava within Green Lake, located near the intersection of Highways 132 and 137.” (Full-sized)

Fissure 18 fell asleep before its flow could cross 137 again, but at this point, it hardly matters.

The summit was steaming with minimal ash today. However, news headlines claiming “crater falls quiet” may be greatly exaggerated. Time will tell.

USGS Morning Update

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Dec 2011: Lava from Pu’u O’o Entering Ocean

Video by Bryan Lowry of Lavapix.com in 2011.

Back when Pu’u O’o was healthy, it sent lava flows south down the flanks of Kilauea to the ocean, mostly away from populated areas (although unfortunately it did take out the community of Kalapana plus the half-built Royal Gardens Subdivision). See HVO’s photo history of Pu’u O’o from 1983 to the present.