Hawaii Volcano Pictures:
Pu'u 'O'o Vent, Eruptive Episodes 1 - 3, 1983

(Episode - 1). Aerial view, from the southwest, of flow near Pu'u Kamoamoa, a prehistoric cone approximately 3,500 m northeast of Napau Crater, in Kilauea's middle east rift zone. Episode 1 (January 3Ð23, 1983) was characterized by eruptions from fissures several hundred meters long. The fountains from these eruptions produced a series of low spatter ramparts (photo by J.D. Griggs, 1/3/83).

(Episode - 1). Aerial view of fountains from eruptive fissures south of Pu'u Kahaualea, approximately 2,350 m northeast of what is now Pu'u 'O'o. Note single 'ohi'a tree burning in front of the fissures (photo by J.D. Griggs, 1/5/83).

(Episode - 1). Forest of lava trees resulting from eruption of a 1-km-line of vents east of Pu'u Kahaualea. The bulbous top of each lava tree marks the high stand of the lava flow as it spread through the trees. As the fissure eruption waned, the flow continued to spread laterally; its surface subsided, leaving pillars of lava that had chilled against tree trunks. Spattering is from fissure out of view to the left. Note blob of spatter adhering to the top of the stripped 'ohi'a tree (photo by J.D. Griggs, 1/7/83).

(Episode - 2). Arching fountain approximately 10 m high issuing from the western end of the 0740 vents, a series of spatter cones 170 m long, south of Pu'u Kahaualea. Episodes 2 and 3 were characterized by spatter and cinder cones, such as Pu'u Halulu, which was 60 m high by episode 3 (photo by J.D. Griggs, 02/25/83).