Chrissy's World - Photos 8, Page 31, Mauna Ulu Spatter again

Photos 8, page 31

Photos 8 -

Mauna Ulu Spatter again

September 6, 2012

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When I plotted the last hike, I noticed there were some crack that I hadn't seen the first time.
So I went out and checked those out too (green line). I really wanted to follow the cracks all
the way up to Mauna Ulu, but I was denied by a field of a'a lava...

10:51 AM @ "Park"
Mauna Ulu. The cracks that the
eruption started from run from here to
there...

11:10 AM @ *044

10:53 AM @ *002
Mauna Loa with Halema'uma'u
erupting in front of it. And my truck...

11:11 AM @ * 045
Looking back...

10:53 AM @ *002
Looking to my left toward *130 at some
of the mounds of spatter that came
from fountains of lava

11:12 AM @ *051

10:53 AM @ * 002
The lava fountained out of giant cracks
in the ground...

10:54 AM @ *007
This became a sea of lava that crusted
over and was sprinkled with cinder...

10:56 AM @ *009
Lava erupted from these cracks and
flowed back in...

10:56 AM
Leading straight to Mauna Ulu...

10:57 AM @ *013
Looking back...

10:57 @ *013
Looking forward...

10:59 AM @ *018
Looking over at the spatter ramparts
from the main crack

11:01 AM @ *023
Notice this crack isn't rounded. It didn't have hot lava entering or exiting. This one
must have happened later after things had cooled down...

Looking back...

Looking forward...

11:04 AM @ *028

11:06 @ *029

11:07 AM @ *034

11:08 AM @ *034
More rounded stuff indicates hot
flowing lava...

11:08 AM

11:09 AM

11:10 AM @ *040