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Video of fissure 8 on Kīlauea Volcano's lower

USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory status of Kilauea volcano in Hawaii on May 30, 2018. On Camera: Wendy Stovall, USGS Volcanologist

Video of fissure 8, as observed during a helicopter overflight on May 29, 2018, and as viewed from ground level. Fissure 8 was fountaining to heights of 200 feet at times, and feeding a lava flow that was traveling to the northeast.

Everyday, a team of USGS scientists canvass areas along Kilauea Volcano’s east Lower Rift Zone. 

USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory status of Kilauea volcano in Hawaii on May 28, 2018. 

On May 27, 2018, the Department of Interior Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Kīlauea response team was conducting mapping missions in the lower East Rift Zone to monitor 

Downrift view of fissure 7 and a line of low 

A UAS (Unmanned Aircraft Systems) mission during this past week documented the widening of the Overlook vent. 

USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory status of Kilauea volcano in Hawaii on May 26, 2018.
 

Scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory are part of a 24 hour watch during the ongoing eruption on the lower east rift zone of the Kīlauea Volcano. Working in shifts they keep an eye on where the lava activity is and where it might move to. 
 

Fissure 8, one of the westernmost active fissures on Kīlauea Volcano's lower East Rift Zone, reactivated during the overnight hours of May 25-26, with chaotic bursts of gas and lavaspatter. A mini-

Fissure 21 produced a Pāhoehoe lava flow that oozed onto Kaupili Street in the Leilani Estates subdivision. Video 1 shows the flow on May 25, around 2:15 a.m. HST.

This explosion at Kīlauea Volcano's summit, which occurred just after 6:00 p.m. HST on May 24, 2018, produced an ash cloud that rose to 10,000 feet above sea level.

Matt Hansen talks about the value of Landsat data as an infrastructure for research and innovation.
 

Google's Noel Gorelick talks about the value of Landsat data in the Earth Engine project.

USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory status of Kilauea volcano in Hawaii on May 24, 2018

High rainfall totals in Kenya have caused the collapse of the Patel Dam, leading to destruction and loss of life downstream.

At the USGS EROS Center, we study land change, operate the Landsat satellites, and maintain the longest, continuously acquired collection of images of the Earth's land surface.

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Dramatic lava fountains at 

Compilation of three short videos from helicopter overflights of the 

Helicopter overflight of lower East Rift Zone ocean entry and fissure complex on May 23, 2018, around 8:00 AM HST.

USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory status of Kilauea volcano in Hawaii on May 22, 2018.

This footage is from an Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) hovering near 

A blue burning flame of methane gas was observed in the cracks on Kahukai Street during the overnight hours. When lava buries plants and shrubs, methane gas is produced as a byproduct of burning vegetation. Methane gas can seep into subsurface voids and explode when heated, or as shown in this video, emerge from cracks in the ground several feet away from the lava. When