June 17, Fathers Day we had a 4.5 earthquake. It hit about 3:00 in the morning. The quake opened up two riff zones, big cracks in the lava. The lava from the existing crater Pu'u O'o stopped flowing. The lava in the crater disappeared, the crater floor sunk 300 feet. July 3rd the lava began to return to the crater. But as we speak there is no surface flow. So the pictures that Dan got are not possible now. The park rangers think it will be weeks before we have surface flow again.
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