Lava eruption and gas emission continue unabated from the lower East Rift Zone (LERZ) fissure system in the area of Leilani Estates and Lanipuna Gardens. Today, fissure 8 remained very active, at times fountaining to the height of 200-feet. The lava flowed atop the Fissure 8 ʻaʻā flow that was active Sunday night/Monday morning to cross the highway 132 just before 2 pm HST Tuesday.
This voluminous activity of fissure 8 has produced Pele's hair and other lightweight volcanic glass that is being transported downwind and falling to the west of the fissure.
Tuesday also saw weak activity at fissure 18 and 19, but fissure 18 eruption has created a lava channel which has advanced 1.6 miles towards the coast.
Ash and gas eruption are continued from the summit, while ocean entry of lava has diminished significantly as viewed from this overflight photo.
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Tephra
(airborne lava fragments) erupted by the high lava fountains of fissure 8 was
carried downwind, where the frothy rock fragments fell on Leilani Street, just
past Kupono Street, in the Leilani Estates subdivision. Courtesy: USGS
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Here is a video of fissure 8 reactivation
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