September 24, 2025 — North and south vents at the summit of Kīlauea

USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists took this oblique angle view of north (center) and south vents (to the right and closer to top of photo) during a Kīlauea summit monitoring overflight on September 24. The brown sand-like material that covers the right and top parts of the photo are tephra erupted during episode 33. South vent was only active towards the beginning of the episode 33, and so north vent tephra from the later portion of episode 33 covers the lava flow from south vent. No lava was seen at the bottom of either vent. USGS photo by N. Deligne.