July 26, 2018 Eruption Slow Down
Interestingly, the entire flow field was greatly slowed down today. The fissure seemed to be putting out about the same amount… or maybe a little less… but the channel is very slow… crusting over to a large extent. Area around Kapoho crater is almost all a’a, and has a lot less glow. Ocean entry was noticeably slower… flow at Pohoiki appeared not to have advanced at all… or very little. Sure makes me wonder what’s happening… we’ve never seen this in the past three months since the eruption began. We also went 53 hours between major collapses at Kilauea’s summit… a longer gap than usual… before the 5.4 magnitude quake today at 12:09pm.
Mahalo to Paradise Helicopters and Bruce Omori at Extreme Exposure