Looking east into the crater through the west gap. Nearest fume plume rises from the episode 55 pit and is blown northward by kona wind. The narrow west flow on coastal flat, shiny in contrast to surrounding older pahoehoe, has moved far seaward in the past week and is now about 800 m from the coast. If it continues, it will reach the sea just west of Kamokuna. Smoke in center of image rises from flow front.
Coastal flat is in the distance.
Flows re-entered the sea just west of Kamokuna on January 21, 2001. Most of the recent flows are fed from the 1920-foot breakout point, at the northwest tip of the large red area. The east arm of the 1920 breakout is the narrow sliver headed south on the pali. The eastern branch of the main flow points east at the base of the pali, invading lower Royal Gardens. The western branch is the one entering the ocean.