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COURTESY HAWAIIAN VOLCANO OBSERVATORY
Courtesy Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
Lava entered the ocean Wednesday near Kupapa'u Point, sending plumes of steam skyward.
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Lava from Kilauea’s Peace Day flow was entering the ocean at two points inside and outside the Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park boundary on Saturday.
The Peace Day flow, one of two flows fed by lava tubes extending from Pu‘u ‘O‘o crater, continued with a patch of active breakouts about three miles southeast of Pu‘u ‘O‘o, and with several branches on the pali and coastal plain.
The main branch continued to enter the ocean with minor surface activity near the coast, according to the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. The ocean-entry plumes were blowing to the northeast on Saturday in response to the shift in Kona winds.
Meanwhile, the tiltmeter network at Kilauea summit recorded no significant changes, indicating no new inflation or deflation of the landscape. The lava lake at the summit continued to circulate vigorously but did not rise or fall, according to the observatory.