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Photo and Video Chronology

The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory Photo and Video Chronologies provide visual updates of eruptive activity, field work, and more.

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory Photo and Video Chronologies

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Photo and Video Chronology — Kīlauea East Rift Zone webcam maintenance and new Kīlauea interferogram

Photo and Video Chronology — Kīlauea East Rift Zone webcam maintenance and new Kīlauea interferogram

USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists conducted maintenance on a webcam on the East Rift Zone of Kīlauea, where a recent interferogram shows...

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Photo and Video Chronology — Kīlauea East Rift Zone wildfire — October 7, 2024

Photo and Video Chronology — Kīlauea East Rift Zone wildfire — October 7, 2024

An area of forest continues to burn in a remote area on the south rim of Nāpau Crater following the recent eruption on Kīlauea’s middle East Rift Zone...

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Photo and Video Chronology — Annual Kīlauea GPS Campaign Survey

Photo and Video Chronology — Annual Kīlauea GPS Campaign Survey

HVO scientists are conducting the annual Kīlauea GPS campaign. During the survey, GPS instruments are deployed at established benchmarks so that their...

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Photo and Video Chronology —September 20, 2024, Paused Kīlauea eruption near Nāpau Crater

Photo and Video Chronology —September 20, 2024, Paused Kīlauea eruption near Nāpau Crater

The middle East Rift Zone eruption of Kīlauea volcano, in a remote area of Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park near Nāpau Crater, paused the morning of...

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Photo and Video Chronology —September 19, 2024, Kīlauea eruption near Nāpau Crater

Photo and Video Chronology —September 19, 2024, Kīlauea eruption near Nāpau Crater

Kīlauea volcano continues to erupt in Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park near Nāpau Crater on the remote middle East Rift Zone. 

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Photo and Video Chronology —September 18, 2024, Eruption in Nāpau Crater, Kīlauea

Photo and Video Chronology —September 18, 2024, Eruption in Nāpau Crater, Kīlauea

Kīlauea volcano continues to erupt in Nāpau Crater on the middle East Rift Zone in Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park.

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Photo and Video Chronology —September 17, 2024, Kīlauea middle East Rift Zone eruption

Photo and Video Chronology —September 17, 2024, Kīlauea middle East Rift Zone eruption

Kīlauea volcano's middle East Rift Zone eruption resumed late on September 16, 2024, and it continues this morning within Nāpau Crater. The eruption...

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Photo and Video Chronology —September 16, 2024, brief Kīlauea eruption on the middle East Rift Zone

Photo and Video Chronology —September 16, 2024, brief Kīlauea eruption on the middle East Rift Zone

Kīlauea volcano erupted briefly last night just west of Nāpau Crater on the middle East Rift Zone. This eruption, which is now over, likely occurred...

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Photo and Video Chronology —September 15, 2024, Kīlauea intrusion

Photo and Video Chronology —September 15, 2024, Kīlauea intrusion

Seismicity and deformation increased dramatically at 6 p.m. yesterday in the middle East Rift Zone just northwest of Makaopuhi Crater indicating...

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Photo and Video Chronology — West side monitoring station maintenance

Photo and Video Chronology — West side monitoring station maintenance

During the week of September 2, USGS-Hawaiian Volcano Observatory field engineers visited the west side of the Island of Hawaiʻi to service several...

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Photo and Video Chronology — August 20, 2024

Photo and Video Chronology — August 20, 2024

On August 20, 2024, USGS scientists made a routine visit to the summit of Kīlauea for maintenance work on a webcam and general observations. A recent...

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Photo and Video Chronology — Sulfur Cone gas monitoring maintenance on August 2, 2024

Photo and Video Chronology — Sulfur Cone gas monitoring maintenance on August 2, 2024

On August 2,2024, Hawaiian Volcano Observatory gas scientists flew via helicopter to the Sulfur Cone Multi-Gas instrumentation site on Mauna Loa's...

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Photo and Video Chronology — Minor Cracking on Chain of Craters Road from Intrusion

Photo and Video Chronology — Minor Cracking on Chain of Craters Road from Intrusion

During an intrusion in Kīlauea's upper East Rift Zone from July 22-25, 2024, more than 1,500 earthquakes were detected. Changes in ground deformation...

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Photo and Video Chronology — Leveling the UWE tiltmeter and moving a Kīlauea webcam

Photo and Video Chronology — Leveling the UWE tiltmeter and moving a Kīlauea webcam

On July 2, HVO field engineers re-leveled the UWE tiltmeter located near Uēkahuna bluff in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park. On July 3, HVO geologists...

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Photo and Video Chronology — Webcam upgrade for Kīlauea summit and Southwest Rift Zone

Photo and Video Chronology — Webcam upgrade for Kīlauea summit and Southwest Rift Zone

The KPcam, a webcam on the flank of Mauna Loa that looks south towards Kīlauea summit and the Southwest Rift Zone, was upgraded on June 25 by HVO...

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Photo and Video Chronology - Images of the June 3 fissure eruption from Kīlauea's Southwest Rift Zone

Photo and Video Chronology - Images of the June 3 fissure eruption from Kīlauea's Southwest Rift Zone

The eruption that began on Monday, June 3, southwest of Kaluapele (Kīlauea caldera) within Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park has ended. Tremor and...

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Photo and Video Chronology - Fissure Eruption in Kīlauea Volcano's Southwest Rift Zone, June 3, 2024

Photo and Video Chronology - Fissure Eruption in Kīlauea Volcano's Southwest Rift Zone, June 3, 2024

Kīlauea volcano is erupting. A new eruption began at approximately 12:30 a.m. HST on Monday, June 3, about 4 km (2.5 miles) southwest of Kaluapele...

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Photo and Video Chronology — Annual Mauna Loa GPS campaign underway

Photo and Video Chronology — Annual Mauna Loa GPS campaign underway

HVO staff are conducting the annual Mauna Loa GPS campaign. During the survey, GPS instruments are deployed at established benchmarks so that their...

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Photo and Video Chronology — Kīlauea gravity survey and summit webcam maintenance

Photo and Video Chronology — Kīlauea gravity survey and summit webcam maintenance

On May 8, 2024, HVO staff conducted a gravity survey around Kaluapele and on May 10, HVO staff conducted maintenance on the F1cam at the summit. 

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Photo and Video Chronology — V1cam maintenance, a new webcam, and new maps of unrest

Photo and Video Chronology — V1cam maintenance, a new webcam, and new maps of unrest

HVO staff performed some routine maintenance on the V1cam at Kīlauea summit. And, new maps show the recent unrest near Kīlauea summit.

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Photo and Video Chronology — Webcam upgrades on the Southwest Rift Zone of Mauna Loa

Photo and Video Chronology — Webcam upgrades on the Southwest Rift Zone of Mauna Loa

On April 24, HVO staff installed a new webcam and upgraded an existing webcam on the Southwest Rift Zone of Mauna Loa. 

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