November 17, 2025 — Checking Kīlauea summit monitoring equipment
Detailed Description
A U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory geologists checks the status of one of the Kīlauea monitoring stations downwind of the active vents in Halemaʻumaʻu. This station has been buried incrementally by tephra as a result of lava fountaining, and solar panels were damaged by tephra impact. USGS photo by N. Kohagura.
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Public Domain.