Maps of the region
Source: The HVO - Site
According to the informations received by the USGS, HVO, the
Pu`u`O`o-Kupaianaha eruption of
the Kilauea in its
55th
eruptive episode has now the
duration of 22
years.
This episode
ranks as the most voluminous outpouring of lava on
the volcano's east rift zone since
the past five centuries.
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Entrance of the lava in the Pacific
Ocean in the Highcastle area.
In May 2002, a new vent opened on the west side. On the
western margin of the flow field the largest forest fire in the
park since 15 years was sparkling
off. These flows reached the ocean near the end
of the 'Chain of Crater Road'
in July.
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Entrance of the lava in the Pacific
Ocean in the Highcastle area.
Ever since, you can observe a continuous lava flow at the south
flanks of the
Pulama Pali region
reaching the Kupaianaha coastal line via reticulated tubes belonging
to a big subterrain system. Depending on the intensity, litoral
eruptions can be discovered by executing a fiery show according to
the principe of vulcanism in a small format. Thereby sea water is
entering the lava filled tubes and the resulting steam pressure can
burst massive coastal-lines or lava banks.
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The aesthetic hawaiian way of
land reclamation.
As
you can discover on the upper photos, the ocean
entries do appear in an indiscribeable beautiness and aesthetic.
Live to see this tryst between the lava and the sea you can
recieve the impression that the archaic volcanic power has nothing
to subtend to the eternal power of the ocean.
Five
meter high waves
are toying with the
‚lava ropes’ from 3 up to 40 centimetre,
which 'drop' down from a height of 4 meter until they decline on
the ground of the ocean under a loud fizzling. Hidden behind this
grothesque
hawaiian way of land reclamation a continous
process takes place expanding
the hawaiian archipelago
since the date of origin.
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Already
in
September 2002, 2.3 km3 of lava had
covered 110 km2
and added 220 hectares to Kilauea's southern shore. In this
process, lava flows destroyed
nearly
200
structures,13
km of
the
highway
and the small coast town of Kalapana are covered by
lava
layers up to a thickness of 25 meters.(Informations
by USGS,HVO)
