photograph from Hawaii Tribune Herald March 4, 2008
Faintly glowing pahoehoe lava crawls steadily makai about mid-afternoon Tuesday. Columns of smoke in the distance rise from vegetation scorched by lava as it invaded the Royal Gardens subdivision. - William Ing/Tribune-Herald
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientist-in-charge Jim Kauahikaua said that the flow is still advancing, although at a slower rate than over the past weekend.
The flow has been moving in a shallow ditch between the margins of two flows that were erupted in 2002 and 2007, Kauahikaua said.
"As of 10:30 this morning, it has reached a point 200 meters or 600 feet north of the access road. It's actually aimed at a point about 100 or 150 feet east of the turnaround area, so if it continues it will cut off the turnaround area," Kauahikaua said. "Barring any other changes, the flow will go into the ocean."
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