Photo and Video Chronology

USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory staff conducted a lava sampling mission and monitoring overflight of Halemaʻumaʻu at the summit of Kīlauea the...

Episode 55 of lava fountaining in Halemaʻumaʻu began at the summit of Kīlauea began at 3:19 a.m. HST on October 17, 2026.

USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) scientists—and astute watchers of the HVO livestream cameras—have periodically observed yellow to orange...

As flames, spatter, and lava flows erupted from the north and south vents in Halemaʻumaʻu at the summit of Kīlauea on the night of September 30, 2026...

USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory staff conducted a monitoring overflight of Halemaʻumaʻu at the summit of Kīlauea the morning of October 1, 2026...

USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory staff conducted a monitoring overflight of the eruption site in Halemaʻumaʻu at the summit of Kīlauea during the...

Scientists conducted an overflight of the new fissures that opened up on and near the base of the northwest wall of Halemaʻumaʻu crater on September...

Several new fissures opened up on and near the base of the northwest wall of Halemaʻumaʻu crater September 14-15, north of the established vent...

From August 26–September 10, USGS–Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists were in American Samoa to conduct monitoring network maintenance and...

The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory produced a new map following a helicopter LiDAR survey of the ongoing Kīlauea summit tephra deposit and crater...

On Thursday, August 27, 2026, USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) staff spent much of the day digging volcanic gas monitoring sites out of the...

The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory supported the response to Hurricane Lala, which affected the Hawaiian Islands the weekend of August 15.  On...

Episode 54 of lava fountaining in Halemaʻumaʻu crater at the summit of Kīlauea began at 10:30 a.m. HST on August 25, 2026.

Lava fountaining episode 53 at the summit of Kīlauea started on August 12 at 3:45 p.m. HST and ended on August 13 at 1:23 a.m. HST.

On Tuesday, August 11, USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory geologists completed a brief helicopter overflight of Halema‘uma‘u crater, site of the...

USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory field engineers and gas scientists conducted maintenance in July 2026 on volcano monitoring stations located on...

Lava fountaining episode 52 at the summit of Kīlauea took place over about 7.5 hours on July 28-29, 2026, coinciding with a full moon. 

USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists completed a helicopter overflight of Halema‘uma‘u on July 16, following Kīlauea summit eruption episode...

Episode 51 of lava fountaining in Halemaʻumaʻu began at the summit of Kīlauea began at 8:30 a.m. HST on July 15, 2026.

On Tuesday, July 14, USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory geologists completed a brief monitoring helicopter overflight of Halema‘uma‘u crater at the...