This image was captured on Wednesday, February 13, by the
Advanced Land Imager sensor aboard NASA’s Earth Observing 1
satellite. Although this is a false-color image, the color map
has been chosen to mimic what the human eye would expect to see.
Bright red pixels depict areas of very high temperatures, and
show active or very recently active lava flows. The image shows
three general areas of active breakouts. - First, flows have
been active for several weeks northeast of Puʻu ʻŌʻō, and have
reached about 2 km (1.2 miles) from the Puʻu ʻŌʻō crater rim. -
Second, breakouts have been active above the pali, about 5 km
(3.1 miles) southeast of Puʻu ʻŌʻō. - Third, several scattered
breakouts have been active on the coastal plain, with several
patches very close to the shoreline above the active ocean
entry. Satellite images such as this help fill in observational
gaps between field visits. Filed under: aloha, Announcements,
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