Aerials from Tropical Visions and Paradise Helicopters on the Pahoa Lava Flow. This footage was shot by Mick Kalber at 8:00am 11/1/14. This is the USGS report for Saturday evening 11/1/14 at 5:48pm: "The leading edge of the flow remained stalled, but active breakouts of lava were present elsewhere on the distal portion of the lava flow field. The lobe of lava that descended from the forest downslope of the Pāhoa cemetery and entered private property on Friday afternoon continued to be active Saturday, when it merged with the north margin of the existing flow and advanced at a rate of about 4 yards per hour. The front of that lobe was about 219 yards upslope of the stalled flow front as of 5:15 PM, HST. On the south margin of the existing flow on private property, another active breakout has been moving downslope by about 6 yards per hour over the course of the day. The breakout is being confined by artificial barriers, which may be influencing its advance rate. As of 5:15 PM the tip of this breakout was 55 yards behind the stalled flow front. In the pasture below the Pāhoa cemetery, breakout activity Saturday afternoon was weak to moderate, with a minor amount of expansion of the flow margin. The flow is still about 109 yards from a house adjacent to the pasture and has not advanced significantly over the course of the day. The lobe of lava near the transfer station has stalled at its margin, but breakouts are occurring in the flow interior at that location. The summit continued to inflate Saturday following the transition from DI deflation to inflation on Friday afternoon. The inflation may lead to a small increase in the eruption rate from Puʻu ʻŌʻō, as observed during previous DI inflation, but it is unclear if such an increase will impact the distal portion of the June 27th lava flow field." Helicopter charter service provided by Paradise Helicopters.

• published: 02 Nov 2014
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