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Volcano open for viewing a big success on the big island.

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
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Hawaii Tribune-Herald :: Hilo, Hawaii

Lava access road brings invasion to sleepy Kalapana
An estimated 8,000 to 10,000 visitors came to see lava on the first day that an access road in Kalapana was opened, a figure several times larger than what officials had hoped.Even after Mayor Harry Kim’s announcement on radio stations Sunday that “lava entry into the ocean and surface flows in the vicinity of the area have ceased,” an estimated 2,000 to 4,000 people still made the half-mile trek over uneven ground to view a cooling pahoehoe flow and breakouts in the distance.

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Lava site to open Saturday: Hawaii

Friday, March 7th, 2008
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Hawaii Tribune-Herald :: Hilo, Hawaii
Lava site to open Saturday

A white steam plume is rising from the ocean today, and red-hot lava is entering the sea on a remote stretch of coastline between Kalapana and Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.

County, state and federal officials are preparing for the crush of visitors expected when the access road is opened, toll-free, at 2 p.m. Saturday, and every day thereafter for the foreseeable future.    Full Story »

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Lava entered the ocean late Wednesday night for the first time since June 2007. By Thursday morning, the lava had formed a small delta, extending for about 100 yards along the face of the sea cliff. The former gravel road to the 2001-2002 lava viewing site can be seen the the middle of the photograph. The lava has flowed across it in two places on its way to the sea. - Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

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