The "June 27th lava flow" from Kīlauea volcano in Hawaii remains active. Lava has broken away from the west edge of the flow field below the crack system and is moving to the north at rates of several hundred meters per day. The new finger is following a different steepest-descent path than the previously active flow lobe.
This image was acquired December 1, 2014 by the WorldView 2 satellite, and shows the activity in the downslope portion of the June 27th lava flow – the lava that entered Pāhoa in October is inactive, but a new lobe is advancing downslope a short distance west of the earlier flow. The leading tip of the new lobe is evident by its long smoke plume, caused by vegetation burning. A Civil Defense overflight yesterday morning showed that this active tip continues to move towards the northeast. The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory is monitoring this eruption closely and releases daily updated on http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/.
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