Mauna Loa lava flow slows but fissure still active
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COURTESY USGS
Image of a webcam deployed to monitor the Northeast Rift Zone eruption of Mauna Loa, Dec. 3.COURTESY USGS
An HVO scientist installs a webcamera to monitor the Northeast Rift Zone eruption of Mauna Loa, Dec. 3.COURTESY USGS
A USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory gas specialist uses a FTIR spectrometer on the Northeast Rift Zone of Mauna Loa, Dec. 3.COURTESY USGS
View of Fissure No. 3 erupting high on the Northeast Rift Zone of Mauna Loa the morning of Dec. 3.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ashlyn Nadeau, left, stands next to her husband, Casey Nadeau, second from left; Jessica Doyle, second from right, and Justin Potter, right, as they take a picture below the Mauna Loa volcano as it erupts Friday, Dec. 2, near Hilo, Hawaii.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Lava flows from the Mauna Loa volcano Friday, Dec. 2, near Hilo, Hawaii.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Motorists make their way along as people search for a vantage point of the erupting Mauna Loa volcano, Friday, Dec. 2, near Hilo, Hawaii.COURTESY USGS
Close up view of the molten bombs being thrown into the air by the lava fountains at fissure 3 on the Northeast Rift Zone of Mauna Loa, Dec. 2.COURTESY USGS
Mauna Loa's ongoing eruption on the Northeast Rift Zone was active primarily from Fissure No. 3 at around noon, Dec. 2.COURTESY USGS
Mauna Loa's ongoing eruption has generated channels of lava close to the vents on the Northeast Rift Zone. This section of the lava channel, viewed here looking across the flow (the vent is to the right off the image) on the morning of Dec. 2, is approximately 20 m (66 ft) wide.COURTESY USGS
Spatter bomb from Fissure No. 3 of Mauna Loa's Northeast Rift Zone eruption. The bomb was molten and plastic when it fell to the ground. As it flew through the air, the molten lava stretched and started to break apart as it was cooling.COURTESY USGS
The 2022 Mauna Loa lava flow crossed the road leading to the Mauna Loa Observatory within the first 24 hours of the start of the eruption, Dec. 2.