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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - April 26, 2015

April 26, 2015

Lava lake reaches new high level

This photo shows the lava lake in the Overlook crater this morning, when it reached to within 3 m (10 ft) of the floor of Halema‘uma‘u. This is the highest the lava lake has reached during the current summit eruption.
This photo shows another view of the lava lake, from a different perspective, when it was at its highest level.
This is a view of spattering at the east corner of the lava lake this morning.
Another view of spattering this morning.

 

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