January 21, 2022 — Kīlauea summit eruption observations

View of the western side of the lava lake within Halema‘uma‘u crater, at the summit of Kīlauea, on January 21, 2022. The image shows the west vent cone (lower left) and orange lava cascading from a pond just north of the west vent into the larger active lava lake to the east (right). USGS photo taken on the south rim of Halema‘uma‘u by J.M. Chang.