December 27, 2024 — Kīlauea eruption overflight

USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory geologists conducted an overflight on the morning of Friday, December 27, 2024, of the ongoing Kīlauea summit eruption within Halema‘uma‘u crater. At the time, eruptive activity was limited to low-level effusion from a couple vents on the southwest side of the crater floor, as evidenced by the silvery patch of lava near the lower-left corner of the video frame. The darker lava flows on the crater floor were emplaced during the first day of the eruption, December 23, 2024. USGS photo by M. Zoeller.