Videos

This video demonstrates how to measure low pressure hydraulic head in a flowing well.

This webinar was held as a part of the Climate Change Science and Management Webinar Series, a partnership between the USGS National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center and the FWS National Conservation Training Center.

This Quicktime movie, taken at 11:30am, gives an aerial overview of the flow front and its position relative to Pāhoa. The movie is fairly large in size and may take several minutes to download.

This Quicktime movie shows a close-up view of the flow front, and its proximity to Cemetery Rd./AP‘A‘ā St. The transfer station is also shown.

This Quicktime movie shows a wider view of the flow front, and pans to the right to show the flow's proximity to Pāhoa.

This Quicktime movie provides an aerial overview of the flow front.

This Quicktime movie was captured at the flow front, and shows a small channelized portion of the pāhoehoe flow pouring over the dirt road embankment. Gas trapped within the flow is released via occasional small bubble bursts.

This Quicktime movie shows the small explosion of spatter that occurred at Halema‘uma‘u on Sunday, October 19. Spatter landed around the Halema‘uma‘u Overlook (closed to the public).

This Quicktime movie provides a brief aerial overview of activity at the flow front.

USGS video series highlighting the individuals who make up the U.S. Geological Survey. We are USGS, these are our stories.

USGS video series highlighting the individuals who make up the U.S. Geological Survey. We are USGS, these are our stories. This episode focuses on USGS research engineer Tanya Gallegos.

USGS video series highlighting the individuals who make up the U.S. Geological Survey. We are USGS, these are our stories. This episode focuses on USGS Chief-of-Staff for Natural Hazards Martha Garcia.

USGS video series highlighting the individuals who make up the U.S. Geological Survey. We are USGS, these are our stories. This episode focuses on USGS Southeast Region Director Jess Weaver.

This Quicktime movie provides a brief aerial overview of activity at the flow front.

This webinar was held as a part of the Climate Change Science and Management Webinar Series, a partnership between the USGS National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center and the FWS National Conservation Training Center.

Tens of millions of people were startled by the sudden ground shaking from a rare magnitude 5.8 earthquake in central Virginia in August of 2011. Just this school year, there were celebrations for the re-opening of Thomas Jefferson Elementary School in Louisa County, right at the earthquake's epicenter.

This Quicktime movie provides a brief aerial overview of the flow front, showing its proximity to the the transfer station on Apa‘a St., and ends by panning over to show Pāhoa.

This Quicktime movie provides a quick aerial overview of activity at the flow front. At the end of the movie there is a view of the lava stream in one of the skylights on the lava tube supplying lava to the flow front.

This Quicktime movie gives a brief aerial overview of activity at the flow front.

This Quicktime movie gives a quick aerial overview of activity at the front of the June 27th lava flow. The flow remains active, with slow-moving breakouts about 2.5 km (1.6 miles) upslope of Apa‘a St. and 3.5 km (2.2 miles) from Pāhoa Village Road.

by Brad Aagaard, USGS Research Geophysicist