The west vent within Halema‘uma‘u crater continues to erupt

The west vent within Halema‘uma‘u crater continues to erupt with no significant changes over the last several days. Glowing is seen from skylights above the vent and occasional spatter, visible in the photo, is ejected from these skylights. The weak spatter has slowly been building a cone at the vents. The channel of lava, which crusted over several days ago, continues to supply lava to the lake. The bright upwelling site adjacent to the vent is where lava is entering the lake through the crusted channel. USGS photo taken by H. Dietterich on January 2.