January 10, 2025 — Puhimau thermal area, Kīlauea

This aerial photo, looking southeast from Kīlauea summit down Chain of Craters Road within Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park, shows a lava flow from 1974 (bottom left and right) along with Puhimau Crater (center left). The Puhimau thermal area near the center of the image, is a distinctive tan color where vegetation has been dying for decades due to the heating of the ground from stored magma below. Maunaulu is also visible near the upper left corner of the photo. USGS photo taken on January 10, 2025, by L. DeSmither.