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Photo & Video Chronology — June 11, 2025 — Kīlauea Episode 25

By Hawaiian Volcano Observatory June 12, 2025

The ongoing Kīlauea summit eruption that began on December 23, 2024, is currently paused following the high fountaining of episode 25 for 8 hours on June 11, 2025. 

 

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Late in the afternoon on Wednesday, June 11, USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory geologists visited the western rim of Halemaʻumaʻu crater for a closer look at the active Kīlauea summit eruptive vents. Even several hours into eruptive episode 25, lava fountains were still reaching higher than the crater rim, over 500 ft (150 m) tall. USGS photo by M. Zoeller. 
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On Wednesday June 11, the twenty-fifth episode of the ongoing Kīlauea summit eruption occurred. twenty-fifth episode from Volcano House within HAWAII Volcanoes National Park. In this photo, captured around 1:45 p.m. from the Volcano House in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park, lava fountains are reaching approximately 1,000 ft (305 m) in height, well above the western rim of Halemaʻumaʻu crater. The thick black plume lofting beyond the incandescent lava fountain likely contains a substantial amount of volcanic tephra, which is deposited downwind to the southwest. USGS photo by M. Zoeller. 
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Color photograph of people sitting on grass watching volcanic eruption
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Wednesday June 11 is Kamehameha Day in Hawaii, and many island residents took advantage of the state holiday to visit Kīlauea and watch episode 25 of the ongoing summit eruption in Halemaʻumaʻu. The back lawn of Volcano House has been popular observation post, with expansive views of Kaluapele (the summit caldera) and the lava fountain in the distance. USGS photo by M. Zoeller. 
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The ongoing Halema‘uma‘u Kīlauea summit eruption continued today with episode 25, which began at 11:57 am HST. Fountains from the north vent reached approximately 1000 feet (305 m) while south vent fountains were continuously less than 165 feet (50 m). Large volumes of erupted material (tephra) were deposited both within the crater and outside of the crater wall and is shown here in dark grey/black. USGS photo by H. Winslow.
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Photo compilation of episodes 1–25 of the ongoing eruption at the summit of Kīlauea, including webcam imagery and photos taken by USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists on the ground and during helicopter overflights. In all photos except for episode 7, the south vent is on the left and the north vent is on the right. For the episode 7 photo, the north vent is in the center and the south vent is below it to the right.
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