Amazing perspective on how huge the Kilauea lava flow were

Aerial view of a wide Kīlauea lava river pouring into the ocean with rising steam

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4qDgsyFw7M

Kīlauea’s lava can travel kilometers from the vent before cascading into the Pacific, building new land as molten basalt meets seawater.

Aerial views of the flow front make the channel’s width and the steam plume at ocean entry easy to compare with the surrounding coastline.

Monday August 3rd 2020