March 14, 2025 — Kīlauea summit eruption overflight with Mauna Loa in the background

A low-angle aerial view of the vents where episodic fountaining has been occurring since the start of the ongoing Kīlauea summit eruption on December 23, 2024. A white plume of volcanic gas rises from the north vent (center right) and south vent (center left) cones in the southwest corner of Halema‘uma‘u crater, as viewed during a monitoring overflight. A discontinuous portion of road is visible in the lower left, which is a section of Crater Rim Drive that collapsed during 2018. The southeast flank of Mauna Loa is visible in the background. USGS photo by N. Deligne.