"People are just as happy as they make up
their minds to be".
Abraham Lincoln
Photographs were taken by scientists of
the U.S. Geological Survey and are in the public domain.Volcano page 1
Looking west at Banana ocean entry. Lava enters the water at several
places along the front of the 1.5-yr-old Wilipe`a lava delta. Note the
numerous breakouts in the Banana flow on the surface of the delta.
Lava falls. Lava hits a newly(?) forming delta, pours down it, and
finally freefalls into water. Height of falls, about 7 m.
Slender lava falls off side of Wilipe`a delta. Wider cascade in
background. Falls are 2-3 m high.
Gush of lava comes down old sea cliff, suddenly breaking out of flow
between cascades