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Satellite image shows active breakouts on volcano flow field

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... lava flow remained active with minor surface activity ... entering the ocean at two or more locations, inside and outside Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park. USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

This image was captured on Wednesday, February 13, by the Advanced Land Imager sensor aboard NASA's Earth Observing 1 satellite. Although this is a false-color image, the color map has been chosen to mimic what the human eye would expect to see. Bright red pixels depict areas of very high temperatures, and show active or very recently active lava flows. The image shows three general areas of active breakouts. First, flows have been active for several weeks northeast of Puʻu ʻŌʻō, and have reached about 2 km (1.2 miles) from the Puʻu ʻŌʻō crater rim. Second, breakouts have been active above the pali, about 5 km (3.1 miles) southeast of Puʻu ʻŌʻō. Third, several scattered breakouts have been active on the coastal plain, with several patches very close to the shoreline above the active ocean entry. Satellite images such as this help fill in observational gaps between field visits. (CREDIT: USGS - Hawaiian Volcano Observatory)

This image was captured on Wednesday, February 13, by the Advanced Land Imager sensor aboard NASA’s Earth Observing 1 satellite. Although this is a false-color image, the color map has been chosen to mimic what the human eye would expect to see. Bright red pixels depict areas of very high temperatures, and show active or very recently active lava flows. The image shows three general areas of active breakouts. First, flows have been active for several weeks northeast of Puʻu ʻŌʻō, and have reached about 2 km (1.2 miles) from the Puʻu ʻŌʻō crater rim. Second, breakouts have been active above the pali, about 5 km (3.1 miles) southeast of Puʻu ʻŌʻō. Third, several scattered breakouts have been active on the coastal plain, with several patches very close to the shoreline above the active ocean entry. Satellite images such as this help fill in observational gaps between field visits. (CREDIT: USGS – Hawaiian Volcano Observatory)

from the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory Kilauea status report published Saturday, February 16, 2013:

Recent Observations at the middle east rift zone vents: Peace Day lava activity on the pali and the coastal plain, fed by lava tubes extending from Pu`u `O`o, continued in three areas with no significant changes according to a satellite image acquired on Wednesday but obtained by HVO yesterday (see images). Lava flows remained active just above the pali about 5 km (3 mi) southeast from Pu`u `O`o. On the coastal plain, an approximately 1 km-wide (0.6 mi wide) lava flow remained active with minor surface activity straddling the easternmost boundary of Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park at the coast and entering the ocean at two or more locations, inside and outside Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park. To the west, a 350 m (1,150 ft) wide lava flow continued to advance slowly toward the coast with scattered breakouts through this morning (visible in Mobile Cam 2).