Images

A close-up of the northeast vent in Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō, spattering and sending lava flows into the crater.

Overflows from the lava pond in Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō have nearly leveled the crater floor with the perched pond. The floor of the crater is now 39 m (128 ft) below the east rim.

Another view of the erupting spatter cone in Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō, this one looking toward the west.

Aerial view down into the vent in Halema‘uma‘u with the active lava lake at the bottom. Lava is upwelling at the upper right side of the lake (north) and downwelling at lower left (south).

View looking southeast across the eastern half of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō crater and showing the spatter cone on the northeast side of the crater and the fuming opening in the east wall.

View of the spatter cone on the northeast side of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō crater floor.

View of the fuming opening in the east wall of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō crater with incandescent holes on its rim.

A wide shot of the current flow field, from the coastal plain up to the TEB vent. The current flow is still split into an eastern and western lobe on the coastal plain, entering the ocean along the eastern lobe (lower right). The area is scattered with small breakouts, several of which show up nicely in light grey.

Earlier this week, lava began erupting from a vent on the floor of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō crater. The mound on the right side of the photo is the vent producing lava flows, slowly filling the east side of the crater.

A close-up of the active vent on the floor of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō crater.

Photo of vigorous boiling of the lava surface in Kīlauea's summit vent following vent wall and rim collapses earlier in the day. The rim of the vent on the floor of Halema‘uma‘u is about 150 m (yards) across. The lava surface is about 100 m (yards) below the rim.

Lava began erupting from the septum between the two openings on the east wall of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō crater the morning of February 17, just after 7:00 am.

A view looking south at this morning's new breakout. The southern opening is completely filled in and the flows are expanding across the crater floor. The geologist on the opposite rim is 1.8 m (6 feet) tall.

The northeast vent on the floor of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō is once again producing lava flows that are repaving portions of the crater floor. The fuming area on the back wall is the main source of last week's activity in the crater.

View looking north across new and active flows, light gray in color, on the coastal plain west of Kalapana Gardens subdivision.

View looking southeast at new flows, light gray in color, just west of Kalapana Gardens subdivision.

Breakouts remain active near Kalapana, with vigorous activity situated approximately 630 meters (0.4 miles) west of the end of the Kalapana access road. This breakout, just south of a partially burned kipuka, was cascading into a small depression on the flow field.

Aerial view looking south toward a lava flow advancing through forest along the Roger James fishing access road. The recently active Puhi O Kalaikini delta is to the left. The current ocean entry at Ki is at upper right.

View of the active lava lake at Halema‘uma‘u. The lava upwells at the upper right corner of the lake (north) and sinks back down at lower left (south) where weak spattering is occurring.

Viewing looking west at Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō. The summit gas plume is in the distance at upper right.

View looking north at the spatter cone on the northwest side of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō crater floor. The cone is about 6 m (20 ft) high.