As 2017 changed to 2018, Kilauea’s Puu Oo vent still was in a three-decade process of repaving the landscape near and atop what once had been an acreage subdivision of Kalapana Gardens. This was part of the land-building exercise—part the final act, as it turns out, since the flushing of both the summit and Puu Oo craters down to Leilani Estates would occur just a few months later. Who knows when or if, the above-ground flows will return to this jagged, rugged landscape?
4 W Kalapana HI (22 Dec 17) Looking S
19.3485, -155.038Pavement Pouring
As 2017 changed to 2018, Kilauea’s Puu Oo vent still was in a three-decade process of repaving the landscape near and atop what once had been an acreage subdivision of Kalapana Gardens. This was part of the land-building exercise—part the final act, as it turns out, since the flushing of both the summit and Puu Oo craters down to Leilani Estates would occur just a few months later. Who knows when or if, the above-ground flows will return to this jagged, rugged landscape?
4 W Kalapana HI (22 Dec 17) Looking S
19.3485, -155.038