#LeilaniEstatesEruption #KilaueaVolcano LATEST: Jaw-dropping images from Andrew Richard Hara who just flew over & around the corners of the #LERZ eruption in a Black Hawk with Brigadier General Kenneth Hara to survey Fissure 8 https://t.co/jwHbw6r28T @HawaiiNewsNow #HINews pic.twitter.com/TcCeOCuLPD

— Mileka Lincoln (@MilekaLincoln) June 8, 2018

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#LeilaniEstatesEruption #KilaueaVolcano LATEST (June 7 at 11 PM): Jaw-dropping images from Andrew Richard Hara : Media, who just landed after flying over the #LERZ tonight. #AndrewRichardHara was invited by Brigadier General Kenneth Hara on a National Guard Blackhawk flight over and around the corners of the current eruption to do an aerial survey of incandescent lava flows and current status of Fissure 8. The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory has just released this update: “Lava fountaining at Fissure 8 continues unabated with fountain tops reported between 170-200 feet. This activity continues to feed a lava channel flowing east towards the ocean entry in the Kapoho Bay area. The noon overflight found that the delta is about 1.2 mi wide in the Vacationland/Waopae area and observed the flow was expanding northward through Kapoho Beachlots. A large area of upwelling offshore suggests the presence of lava flowing on the ocean floor in that area. However, bad weather and poor visibility grounded the late afternoon overflight. The ocean entry is a hazardous area. Hazards include walking on uneven, glassy lava flow surfaces and around unstable, vertical sea cliffs. Venturing too close to an ocean entry on land or the ocean exposes you to flying debris from sudden explosive interaction between lava and water. Also, the lava delta is unstable because it is built on unconsolidated lava fragments and sand. This loose material can easily be eroded away by surf, causing the new land to become unsupported and slide into the sea. In several instances, such collapses have also incorporated parts of the older sea cliff. Additionally, the interaction of lava with the ocean creates "laze", a corrosive seawater plume laden with hydrochloric acid and fine volcanic particles that can irritate the skin, eyes, and lungs. No other fissures are active.” Stay tuned to Hawaii News Now for the very latest developments #HInews #HawaiiNews #HNN #HawaiiNewsNow #WeAreYourSource
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#LeilaniEstatesEruption #KilaueaVolcano LATEST (June 7 at 11 PM): Jaw-dropping images from Andrew Richard Hara : Media, who just landed after flying over the #LERZ tonight. #AndrewRichardHara was invited by Brigadier General Kenneth Hara on a National Guard Blackhawk flight over and around the corners of the current eruption to do an aerial survey of incandescent lava flows and current status of Fissure 8. The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory has just released this update: “Lava fountaining at Fissure 8 continues unabated with fountain tops reported between 170-200 feet. This activity continues to feed a lava channel flowing east towards the ocean entry in the Kapoho Bay area. The noon overflight found that the delta is about 1.2 mi wide in the Vacationland/Waopae area and observed the flow was expanding northward through Kapoho Beachlots. A large area of upwelling offshore suggests the presence of lava flowing on the ocean floor in that area. However, bad weather and poor visibility grounded the late afternoon overflight. The ocean entry is a hazardous area. Hazards include walking on uneven, glassy lava flow surfaces and around unstable, vertical sea cliffs. Venturing too close to an ocean entry on land or the ocean exposes you to flying debris from sudden explosive interaction between lava and water. Also, the lava delta is unstable because it is built on unconsolidated lava fragments and sand. This loose material can easily be eroded away by surf, causing the new land to become unsupported and slide into the sea. In several instances, such collapses have also incorporated parts of the older sea cliff. Additionally, the interaction of lava with the ocean creates "laze", a corrosive seawater plume laden with hydrochloric acid and fine volcanic particles that can irritate the skin, eyes, and lungs. No other fissures are active.” Stay tuned to Hawaii News Now for the very latest developments #HInews #HawaiiNews #HNN #HawaiiNewsNow #WeAreYourSource