November 17, 2025 — Road marker damaged during episode 36 of Kīlauea's ongoing summit eruption

This plastic road marker shown on the left side of this photo was found on the side of Crater Rim Drive within the hazardous closed area of Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park, downwind of the episodically erupting vents within Halema‘uma‘u crater. The post appears to have had its top sheared off by tephra ejected during episode 36 lava fountaining of the ongoing Kīlauea eruption, suggesting a powerful direct impact. The damaged road marker is the closest one in the right part of the photo, which looks southeast along Crater Rim Drive. Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park has closed this section of Crater Rim Drive to the public since 2007 due to the frequent volcanic hazards caused by eruptive vents upwind. USGS photo by N. Deligne.