Left. This near vertical view shows incandescent and spattering vents in Pu`u `Ō `ō crater. The north rim of Pu`u `Ō `ō is at the top of the photo, and the east spillway of the cone and the heavily fuming east wall vent are at the far right. The vent just left of center frame, on the western side of the crater, had bursts of spatter every few seconds. Right. Heavy fume prevented clear views of the vents on the crater floor of Pu`u `Ō `ō. This close-up of the spattering vent on the western side of the crater is about as good as it got. The long axis of the vent opening is probably about 5 m, and the cone itself is estimated at 8-10 m high.

Left. View looking southeast over the TEB flow field toward the coast. The TEB vent is just out of site at the lower right side of the photo. The fountain on rootless shield 3 remains active just above center frame. The trace of the heavily fuming TEB tube is beyond the fountain. The TEB tube carries lava to the ocean at Waikupanaha where lava entering the ocean is responsible for the large plume in the background. Right. View looking northwest over the TEB flow field. The fountain on rootless shield 3 is just above center frame. The TEB vent is the fume source to the right of the erupting vent, Pu`u `Ō `ō is behind and slightly left of the fountain, and Halema`uma`u at the summit of Kilauea is the source of the prominent plume in the distance.

Left. The vigor of the fountain on rootless shield 3 has decreased markedly since its peak a few days ago. Today the vent was characterized by a low dome fountain 2-3 m high. Right. The rootless shield 3 fountain fed a channelized `a`a flow earlier in the week that reached about 4 km southeast from the vent. The flow's terminus, now stagnant, is the dark flow extending up from the lower left side of the photo. The TEB tube crosses the upper right side of the photo, and the Waikupanaha plume is visible in the distance.

Quicktime movie

Quicktime movie showing the low dome fountain on TEB rootless shield 3; video of spattering from the vent on the west side of Pu`u `Ō `ō crater taken with thermal camera; and video of the vent on the east wall of Pu`u `Ō `ō crater taken with thermal camera.