The eruption at Kīlauea's summit within Halema‘uma‘u crater continues

The eruption at Kīlauea's summit within Halema‘uma‘u crater continues with no significant changes over the past day. High winds overnight and this morning in the summit region have made it difficult for geologists to make observations and measurements of the lava lake but HVO scientists continue to monitor webcams and data streams for any major changes in eruptive activity. Two USGS thermal images from the F1cam thermal webcam show minimal changes over the past day. The left image (from December 31, 2020 at 12:22 p.m. HST) and right image (from January 1, 2021 at 1:02 p.m. HST) show that the west vents (lower center) remain active and are feeing the lava lake from a channel that crusted over several days ago. The main island in the lava lake has drifted to the west and rotated slightly.