Kilauea

Everyday we look out to the ocean to see how much vog we have. (Vog is very different from SO2). Yesterday we had some breezes and it cleared out to a beautiful day. Today I can see Keei point from my kitchen window but I can't tell the difference from where the horizon meets the ocean as I look south. I still think it's exciting that for the first time in 84 years the volcano is acting out. Early Wed. morning the crater exploded again. I had been glowing. They say it's not lava that you see but incandescent particles seen best just before dark. That small explosion Wed. sent pink ash out over a small area. Meanwhile the park is back to opening everyday. There is really no danger from magma or lava or the gaseous plume. The only problem would be with the SO2 and that seems be only over on the east side. Yet Wed. they did record some very high levels of the gas over high mountain areas of Ocean View but they came back down within hours.

Link to the live webcam situated to show the Halemaumau crater
http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/cam3/