PUNA, Hawaii – A large lava outbreak from the tube system about a mile and a half northeast of the Pu’u ‘O’o vent was captured on video during a helicopter overflight this morning.

The lava, which is not currently threatening any communities, is “oozing a multitude of pahoehoe toes over a very broad shield,” according to videographer Mick Kalber, who filmed the event from above on a Paradise Helicopters flight. Kalber provided these observations: