Kilauea Volcano Active Eruptions
A strong lava flow from the Pu`u O`o eruptive crater raged through the mostly abandoned Royal Gardens subdivision starting (again) on December 2nd, 2011 and again in early March 2012; eventually reaching the Pacific ocean. The very steep terrain there created some spectacular action with the two types of lava rivers: a`a and pahoehoe. The lava stopped flowing into the ocean in November 2013.
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Rupturing lava tube high upon the slopes above the decimated Royal Gardens subdivision; the ocean in the distance and coastal lava plains. The molten lava is being fed from the erupting Kilauea Volcano Pu`u O`o crater four miles further up the mountain.
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IMAGE # LRH_0475-2
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