22 fissures signify more magma activity in Puna, May 18
By Jamm Aquino and Cindy Ellen Russell
May 18, 2018
Updated on May 19, 2018 at 12:59 am
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The night sky is illuminated by lava on Friday in Pahoa. Twenty-two fissures are now documented within the region, signifying magma activity underneath.
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Marcel Evans, owner of Wehi Designs, left, and Melanie Santos pause to take photos of the sky illuminated by lava.
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A National Guard convoy leaves the Pahoa Community Center shelter.
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Fissure 17 continued to erupt, steam and flow in the Kapoho area of Puna on Friday.
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Lava advances in the Kapoho area of Puna.
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Fissures continued to erupt, steam and flow in the Kapoho area of Puna.
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A National Guard patrol turns onto Leilani Avenue.
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Steam and gas envelope a cluster of trees on Kupono Street.
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Steam rises from cracks in the ground inside Leilani Estates.
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Sr. Airman Orlando Corpuz of the Hawaii Air National Guard checks sulphur dioxide levels on Kupono Street.
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Sr. Airman Orlando Corpuz of the Hawaii Air National Guard looks inside a large crack in the pavement on Kupono Street.
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Tech Sgt. Alison Bruce-Maldonado of the Hawaii Air National Guard observes large cracks in the pavement on Kupono Street.
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Large cracks in the pavement are seen on Kupono Street.
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Large cracks in the pavement are seen on Kupono Street.
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A large crack in the pavement is seen on Kupono Street.
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Steam blankets trees along Kupono Street.
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Tech Sgt. Alison Bruce-Maldonado of the Hawaii Air National Guard observes large cracks in the pavement on Kupono Street.
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Sr. Airman Orlando Corpuz of the Hawaii Air National Guard walks past cracks in the pavement on Kupono Street/
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A large crack in the pavement is seen on Kupono Street.
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Sr. Airman Orlando Corpuz of the Hawaii Air National Guard looks inside a large crack in the pavement on Kupono Street.