[Rockhounds] lava pours into ocean

[Kitty & Bill Heacox]

Hi List,

Lava that has been going through the Royal Gardens subdivision (there 
are no real homes there, just some shacks and "structures") has reached 
the ocean tonight. There was some spectacular video footage on our local 
TV news and I expect it will be on network news tomorrow.  The report 
said that inquiries have been coming in from people all over the world 
wanting to come see it, and that a viewing station is expected to be 
opened on Saturday at 2pm. You can probably see pictures and video by 
searching the web, but the official place for still photos is:

http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/kilauea/update/images.html

So far that site only goes up to yesterday, but there will probably be 
more tomorrow.

For the past several days there's been a lot of vog (volcanic haze) on 
this side of the island from the lava burning through vegetation, and 
right now it's so thick we can't see the horizon when we look out at the 
ocean from our house.  But we CAN see a glow and a column of steam to 
the south where the lava's entering the sea.  Bill and I plan to go down 
there on Sunday morning before dawn, and if that works out we'll post a 
report and photos (somewhere). 

Aloha, Kitty