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15 December 2000
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![Sluggish lava at the 2,300-foot skylight, Kilauea volcano, Hawai'i.](http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/kilauea/update/archive/2000/Dec/20001215-1193_small.jpg)
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Left: Pu`u `O`o was engulfed in
steam, so crater observations were nil. Right: Sluggish minimal flow
was observed through the 2,300-foot skylight today.
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![Fuming from flows on Pulama pali, Kilauea volcano, Hawai'i.](http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/kilauea/update/archive/2000/Dec/20001215-1016drs_small.jpg)
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![The current bench at the Kamokuna ocean entry, Kilauea volcano, Hawai'i.](http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/kilauea/update/archive/2000/Dec/20001215-1184_small.jpg)
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Left: The active flow down Pulama pali continues to
fume despite its current sluggishness. Right: The
ocean entry at Kamokuna has a substantial bench, but little activity was visible today. Steam is generated from the eastern quarter of the bench,
apparently because some lava is entering the sea, though none was
observed.
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18 December 2000
Lava moves down the steep face of Pulama pali in the late
afternoon, along the eastern side of an `a`a flow emplaced in 1985. The flow
follows an extremely narrow lobe of lava erupted earlier this year. Smoke rises from burning vegetation.
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![Lava flow down Pulama pali, Kilauea volcano, Hawai`i](http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/kilauea/update/archive/2000/Dec/20001218-1025_DRS_small.jpg)
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![Fires in forest started by `a`a flow, Kilauea volcano, Hawai`i](http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/kilauea/update/archive/2000/Dec/20001218-1045_DRS_small.jpg)
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Left: A thin `a`a flow moves through a
scrub `ohi`a lehua forest at the foot of Pulama pali, before the wary eyes
of an Oregon State University volcanologist. Right: Two OSU
volcanologists reassess the situation as fires started by the `a`a move
ever closer.
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21 December 2000
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![River of pahoehoe on Pulama pali, Kilauea volcano, Hawai'i.](http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/kilauea/update/archive/2000/Dec/20001221-1229_JPK_small.jpg)
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Left: Aerial view of an active lava
river at the base of Pulama pali. Right: Lava gushing from a small
tube and pouring down Pulama pali.
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Map of flows from Pu`u `O`o to the ocean: September 2000
![Map of lava flows on south coastal part of Kilauea Volcano as of September 2000](http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/kilauea/update/archive/2000/Sept/20000930_flowmap_350.jpg)
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map Map shows lava flows (red) active in September 2000 above and on Pulama
pali and on the coastal plain, as well as flows erupted earlier from Pu`u `O`o
and Kupaianaha. The eastern part of the active flow field (orange) extended
to the Royal Gardens private access road on January 11 and entered the sea
near Waha`ula on February 3-14, 2000. That flow stopped in mid-August.
A new flow (red) descended Pulama pali and crossed the coastal plain
in September, and lava continues (early December) still entering the sea at
Kamokuna.
Eruption-viewing opportunities change constantly, so those readers planning
a visit to the volcano should contact Hawai`i
Volcanoes National Park for the most current eruption information (tel.
808-985-6000).
The URL of this page is http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/kilauea/update/archive/2000/Dec/15-21.html
Contact:
hvowebmaster@usgs.gov
Updated: 9 January 2001 (DAS)
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