Kilauea Volcano (Hawaii): Kamokuna sea Entry 17 Sep 2016

Kilauea volcano (Hawaii): Kamokuna sea entry 17 Sep 2016

At night, the lava illuminates the steam plume from the eastern Kamokuna sea entry. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

At night, the lava illuminates the steam plume from the eastern Kamokuna sea entry. (Photo: Tom Pfei... [info]
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Full moon over the new bench. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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Black sand beach at the eastern end of the bench. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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The moon sets and dawn creeps in, changing colors. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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A tourist boat is on the scene. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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The lava glow becomes weaker as the daylight becomes stronger. A surface flow in the lower right center part is approaching slowly the cliff of the bench. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

The lava glow becomes weaker as the daylight becomes stronger. A surface flow in the lower right cen... [info]
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View over the bench - Hawai'i's newest land, but still very unstable and probable to collapse into the ocean any time. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

View over the bench - Hawai'i's newest land, but still very unstable and probable to collapse into t... [info]
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Steaming sea water (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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Lava flows entering the sea (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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The heavy steam leaves only short glimpses of the lava flows. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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"Elephant trunk"-shaped small lava tube feeding a stream of lava moments before the next wave breaks it into pieces. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

"Elephant trunk"-shaped small lava tube feeding a stream of lava moments before the next wave breaks... [info]
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Approaching breaking wave. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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A surface flow on feeds several lava hoses. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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Approaching wave (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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Elephant trunks... (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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Wave breaking in front of a beautiful lava hose streaming down into the water. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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