Sea entry of the lava flow at La Palma (image: Instituto Español de Oceanografía, IEO, via Vulcana IEO @VulcanaIEO / twitter)
Late last night, the lava flow reached the sea.
As the eruption continues to effuse lava at steady rate, the most advanced lava flow made rapid advance it seems during yesterday. It looks that it traveled approx. 1 km, passing north of the cinder cone of Montana Todoque to arrive and descend at the sea cliff at Playa Nueva.
The nearby coastal areas have been evacuated as the sea entry can generate acid clouds of hot steam and there is always risk of collapse of the material at the newly formed lava beach bench.
Continuamos con nuestras labores de investigación a bordo del buque oceanográfico #RamonMargalef @IEOoceanografia @CSIC #LaPalmaeruption #lavaocean pic.twitter.com/keT1Tm5keA
— Vulcana IEO (@VulcanaIEO) September 29, 2021
VIew from El Time showing the lava flow last night (image: Eva Kubelková / @evis ka / facebook)