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Born and raised in Hilo, I grew up hiking in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park, fishing in Ka'ū, and stargazing on Mauna Kea. I knew then that the Big...

USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory geologists visited the caldera rim at Kīlauea summit to assess the aftermath of episode 32 lava fountaining. 

Dick Fiske, who died on June 18 as he neared his 93rd birthday, was one of the most original thinkers ever at the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory...

Episode 32 of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption started around 6:35 a.m. HST this morning, September 2, 2025.  Lava fountains exceeded 330 feet (100...

USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory Scientists visited the V1cam livestream camera site on the morning of August 29 for some maintenance work. 

Kīlauea’s 2018 eruption transformed the lower Puna District of the Island of Hawaiʻi, including its coastline, where 875 acres of new land were added...

On August 25, 2025, USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory field crews sampled lava and tephra from episode 31 during a morning monitoring overflight of...

Episode 31 of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption began at 2:04 p.m. HST on August 22, with lava fountaining from the north vent.

The past eight months have provided the Island of Hawaiʻi with spectacles of lava fountains at Kīlauea’s summit. These historic episodes began on...

Moderate glow and sustained tremor indicate that magma remains at relatively shallow depths beneath the active vents. On August 18, USGS Hawaiian...