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Fork in the River

            The luminous river of lava flowing from fissure eight reaches a fork as it divides  temporarily into two before remerging later. A thick bank several feet tall is evident here, as the flow rate had already dropped by this point. A few days later when the river stopped, it also became clear that some of these banks were ledges with the river actually being wider. At the top of the frame an uncovered island remains with vegetation and trees that were killed by the heat and gasses. The scale is hard to grasp here but those are full size trees that fell over after the lava surrounded and burned their base. What was initially a huge, wide, rocky aa lava flow became a smooth pahoehoe sculpted black channel over time as the lava ebbed and flowed and overflowed the banks repeatedly. Lava starts to cool down fast in the cool air but the turbulence and speed of the flow kept this from becoming crusted over into a lava tube. Cool black crust constantly trying to form on the surface can be seen throughout the channel, but it didn’t slow the flow down. In just a few days after this the flow stopped and the entire river froze solid black.
   

Taken on: July 31, 2018

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aerial

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degassing

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geothermal

hawaii

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Sets appears in: • Hawaii

Groups appears in: • Hawaii Photographs • Landscape Exploration more » • Big Island, Hawaii • α - Sony Alpha Cameras • Nature & Landscapes • Volcano Photography • Aerial HQ Worldwide « less

Camera: Sony ILCE-7RM3, f/6.3, 1/400 sec, 121mm, ISO 400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sony ILCE-7RM3
Lens:	FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS
Aperture:	f/6.3
Exposure Time:	0.003 sec (1/400)
Focal Length:	121mm
ISO:	400
Exposure Bias:	-1.7 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto bracket
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 7.5 (Macintosh)
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