February 12, 2025 — Kīlauea summit overflight

The north and south vents in Halema‘uma‘u were partially hidden in the shadows of clouds during the monitoring overflight at 12:30 p.m. HST today, February 12, but the plumes of volcanic gas emissions helped to illuminate their positions. The closed portion of Crater Rim Drive in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park is visible in the left part of the photograph, with brown tephra material from the recent eruption episodes blanketing the ground surface downwind of the vents. The portion of Crater Rim Drive that collapsed into the caldera during 2018 is visible in the lower right portion of the image. USGS photo by P. Dotray.