Dispatches from Volcano: Thursday, October 7, 2021. Much diminished, but...

Winds are howling up here. And a Fall chill is in the air. Fleeting brief wind-driven showers, ʻapapane trill and doves coo. All the while Pelehonuamea continues her work, though seemingly with somewhat less abandon.

At noon today from Kūpinaʻi pali, shared by friend ltj. Slope of Maunaloa, Uēkahuna, and Kalupe at right.

A half hour later, the B1 cam, the same direction of view. Luaʻi pele is diminished, hardly rising above rim of spatter rampart. The pancake-ish edges of the loko ahi, above a 66ʻ lower lei of earlier pele, at the edges.

And of course the Thermal Cam image, with coolest Kama in the midst of swirls and plates. The direction of view is almost 180d of that above.

NOTE: Observations are just that: Observations. Not predictions, not forecasts, not...

As I said yesterday, "So start by learning what weʻre observing". If we

noho i waho • a maliu

be outside • pay attention

as Iʻve repeatedly suggested, and memories are properly filed and indexed, we might be able to make sense of observations in the moment. Patterns are often repeated, and we often are able to learn. Note, please, the attempted care full use of disclaimer language.

I wanted to share this yesterday, but forgot. Below is a view ma uka (toward uplands) from Uēkahuna. I couldʻve cropped a lot of the sky, but the apparent vastness of scene wouldʻve diminished. I trust that labels are legible.

View to horizon from Uēkahuna, the summit of Kīlauea. Gentle Maunaloa slopes at left, and to the right, 30 miles distant, Kūkahauʻula the summit of Maunakea, stands at 13,803 feet. [Up from 13,796ʻ]

Puʻuʻulaʻula is at 10,000 feet. Puʻukūlua, also on the horizon, was the source of voluminous ʻaʻā that I believe mokuʻed (cut off, severed) the kīpuka Kī and Puaulu a few hundred years ago. ʻĀ is same as ʻaʻā, that clinkery lava, in the name Keʻāmoku.

ʻā

1. nvi. Fiery, burning; fire; to burn, blaze. Fig., to glitter or sparkle, as a gem; to burn, as with jealousy or anger.

2. nvi. Aa lava, or lava rock, as distinguished from smooth unbroken pāhoehoe lava

Keauhou is an ʻili, a subdivision of ahupuaʻa Kapāpala.

The Tilt continues to decline, and is lowest that itʻs been in a month. Please stay tuned...