It’s been about two months since our last overflight, and as expected, there’s no visible eruptive activity to report. Isolated areas of the eruption zone continue to degas, but much of the vegetation downwind of the rift is coming back to life. 🙂 Access to the Puna Geothermal Venture facility has been restored, as a … More Lava Update | January 25, 2019
November 20, 2018 Mackenzie-Pohoiki Road from Mick Kalber on Vimeo. A brand new road connecting the red road from Mackenzie to Pohoiki is now complete. Numerous sea arches and black sand beaches dot the coastline from Mackenzie to Kapoho… some of the nicest new beaches are along the sea cliffs of Mackenzie at the beginning … More November 20, 2018 – Mackenzie-Pohoiki Road (VIDEO)
October 16, 2018 Halemaumau!!! from Mick Kalber on Vimeo. October 16, 2018 Halemaumau!!! We got our first close up look at the newly remodeled Halemaumau Crater at Kilauea’s summit this morning… and she is absolutely stunning! Halemaumau has grown to over a mile wide… and is somewhere in the neighborhood of 15-hundred feet deep. There … More October 16, 2018 – Halemaumau!!! (VIDEO)
Although thick cloud cover and rainy skies hung over Hilo and the lower east rift zone, satellite imagery showed a pocket of clearer weather at Kilauea’s summit beckoned us, especially since the TFR over the area had been recently lifted. Knowing what occurred at the caldera from USGS photos, and having had peeks from afar, … More Lava Update | October 16, 2018
This morning was our first day visiting the eruption site without the TFR in place, which prevented us from flying below 3 thousand feet. We got some great shots of the new beaches from Kapoho to Pohoiki. … More October 3, 2018 – Still No Lava (VIDEO)
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