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A 27 June 2014                     B                22 August 2014         C            25 October 2014
                                                                                                                   Insulation
                           Kahauale‘a flow vent                                    Condensed          Cinder pile
                                                                                           steam

                              Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō                          Trend of ground cracks

                                              June 27th lava
                                                 flow vents

                           D                                  28 October 2014            E                         29 January 2015

                                                                                         Highway 130  Pāhoa

                                                                                                      Transfer station

                           F 11 September 2014

GSA TODAY | FEBRUARY 2016     Figure 3. (A) New vents formed on the NE flank of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō cone on 27 June 2014, ~50 m below the elevation of the previously active vent for the Kahauale‘a flows.
                              Aerial view looking WSW. (B) Lava flowed within ground cracks in Aug.–Sept. 2014, with small plumes of condensed steam marking the extent of activity. Aerial
                              view looking ENE along East Rift Zone. (C) Asphalt burns as lava crosses a road on the outskirts of Pāhoa on 25 Oct. 2014. The utility pole at right, surrounded
                              by lava, has been wrapped in insulation and its base covered by cinder.These measures prevented the pole from burning for a time, but after several days, the pole
                              collapsed. (D) Lava crosses through a fence on private land in Pāhoa on 28 Oct. 2014. (E) Several lobes of the lava flow threatened the town of Pāhoa and its
                              highway during late 2014 and early 2015. Aerial view looking south. Damaged transfer station is labeled, and location of house destroyed by lava is noted by red
                              circle. (F) Community meetings in Pāhoa were an effective means of sharing the latest hazards information with the public. During Sept.–Oct. 2014, some individual
                              meetings were attended by more 600 people. Photo locations are indicated by place names and feature labels in Figure 1.All photos by U.S. Geological Survey.

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