During 24 February-2 March, HVO reported an active lava surface about 200 m below a vent in the floor of Kilauea's Halema'uma'u crater.
The lava surface circulated and both rose and drained through holes in the cavity floor.
Low lava fountains rose from the south edge of the deep pit.
A plume from the vent drifted mainly SW, dropping small amounts of ash downwind.
Measurements on 25 February indicated that the sulfur dioxide emission rate at the summit remained elevated at 900 tonnes per day.
The 2003-2007 average rate was 140 tonnes per day.
Lava from beneath the Thanksgiving Eve Breakout (TEB) and rootless shield complex flowed SE through a lava tube system and broke out onto the surface.
Thermal anomalies detected by satellite and visual observations revealed active lava flows on the pali and on the coastal plain.
Incandescence was sometimes seen from a vent low on the S wall of Pu'u 'O'o crater.
Source: US Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO)

