<br /> <p>There was a significant reduction in lava output from Hawaii’s Fissure 8, at the Kilauea volcano’s lower East Rift Zone, on August 6, as seen in helicopter footage published by USGS Volcanoes.</p><p>USGS said</a> the significance of the change in lava flow was not immediately clear.</p><p>The flight crew saw “a weak to moderately active bubbling lava lake within the fissure 8 cone, a weak gas plume, and a completely crusted lava channel” on the morning of August 6</a>. Credit: USGS Volcanoes via Storyful</p><br />
