Lava from fissure 8 emerged from the 180-foot-high spatter cone traveling 20 miles per hour. The flow pulsed and rolled over a small set of cascades (rapids) into a perched channel 50 feet above the ground surface, partially veiled by a shimmering heat haze. Lava transited lower Puna to the Kapoho coastline where the flow front broadened to nearly 2 miles. Laze plumes marked multiple small ocean entries. When night fell, the incandescence (glow) of lava was easy to see against the darkened surro