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Kīlauea Summit Eruption Thermal

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Detailed Description

This thermal video shows the lava lake in Halema‘uma‘u, at the summit of Kīlauea. Lava is supplied from the western fissure, in the upper left portion of the video. Small vent openings atop the western fissure exhibit rhythmic gas puffing. The video is shown at 5x speed. 
 

Details

Length:
00:00:49

Sources/Usage

Public Domain.