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Some of these shots are consecutive - you can see the explosions of lava and steam in its watery path
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The slow shutter speed shows the velocity of the steam
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To the viewing point at last!
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Panorama "makai" to "mauka" (from the direction of the sea inland)
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Looking back at the same gate
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One of the many gates. This access road and emergency access route has only recently been re-opened.
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Interesting formation among the many shapes, sizes, and textures of the lava
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Looking in an easterly direction toward the ocean
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The path of the current lava flow - looking from the 2008/2011 flow that we are traversing
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Off to the right is an area missed by the (recent) lava flows
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That's the steam from the "ocean entry".
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G&D, Garry and Larry
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Reclaiming their land after the 2008 and 2011 lava flows. Homesteading, you could say. There were survey markers all over.
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We started at the very right of this "map". Yes, that's right - 4.2 miles each way.
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