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Daily updates about ongoing eruptions, recent images and videos of summit and East Rift Zone volcanic activity, maps, and data about recent earthquakes in Hawaii are posted on the HVO website. 

Volcano Watch is a weekly article and activity update written by U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists and colleagues.

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Volcano Watch — When Hualālai Turned Viscous

Volcano Watch — When Hualālai Turned Viscous

As you make the drive from Waimea to Kona, you may notice a peculiar grassy knoll and an associated hummocky ridge on the northern slope of Hualālai...

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - August 9, 2004

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - August 9, 2004

New flow joins old on Pulama pali

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - August 8, 2004

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - August 8, 2004

Vog plume just before sunrise

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - August 5, 2004

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - August 5, 2004

Lava on the pali but not at the coast

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Volcano Watch — Lava and seawater interactions: a hotbed of diverse research

Volcano Watch — Lava and seawater interactions: a hotbed of diverse research

If you walk along the coast to where the Banana flow has been entering the sea, you will see a steam plume rising from the surface of the water. The...

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - August 4, 2004

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - August 4, 2004

Leaky faucet is all there is

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - August 3, 2004

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - August 3, 2004

Between showers at Banana lava delta

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - August 2, 2004

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - August 2, 2004

Windy dawning at Banana lava delta

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - August 1, 2004

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - August 1, 2004

Subdued but different

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - July 30, 2004

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - July 30, 2004

Four moods of same scene; East Pond Vent and PKK skylight

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - July 29, 2004

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - July 29, 2004

Dark and light at Banana delta

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Volcano Watch — Images of Pu`u `O`o's crater available in near real time on the web

Volcano Watch — Images of Pu`u `O`o's crater available in near real time on the web

Pu`u `O`o is a tough place to get to. This is true not only for the general public but also for HVO scientists. Day-long hikes are needed if you don't...

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