Satellite image around front of Kīlauea's ERZ lava flow
Satellite image around front of Kīlauea's ERZ lava flowThis satellite image was captured on Tuesday, March 3, 2015 by the Landsat 8 satellite. Although this is a false-color image, the color map has been chosen to mimic what the human eye would expect to see. Bright red pixels depict areas of very high temperatures and show active lava. White areas are clouds.