Images

Thermal images of the Peace Day flow (episode 61) on the coastal plain. The bright areas show active flows, while the darker purple areas show the warm but inactive part of the flow. The top image looks northwest; the bottom image looks north. The terminus of the flow was about 175 m (575 ft) from the ocean at mid-day.

Thermal image panorama showing the Peace Day flow (episode 61) on the coastal plain. The view is to the southwest. The bright areas are active lava, while the less bright areas are warm but inactive flows.

Thermal images of the small lava lake at the northeastern edge of the crater floor in Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō. The view in the top image is to the northeast; the view in the bottom image is to southeast. The lava lake is about 20 m (65 ft) across.

Aerial view of spattering at the southwest edge of the lava lake below the inner ledge (within the fume) on November 1, 2012. The lake sits inside a smaller crater at the east edge of the floor of Halema‘uma‘u Crater.

The active flow front today was about 500 meters (0.3 miles) from the shoreline, and still running along the eastern boundary of Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park. In this photo, the lava flow passes by another Park boundary marker.

The summit of Mauna Loa (left) rises above the vog layer on the leeward side of the Island of Hawai‘i in November 2012. The flank of Hualālai is visible at right.

The active flow front was about 780 m (0.5 miles) from the shoreline today, with a portion of the flow front following along the margin of Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park. In this photo, the recently active flow margin (lighter color flows) stalled just a meter or so from one of the Park boundary signs.

This image was captured on Saturday, November 3, by the Advanced Land Imager sensor aboard NASA's Earth Observing 1 satellite. Although this is a false-color image, the color map has been chosen to mimic what the human eye would expect to see. Bright red pixels depict areas of very high temperatures, and show active or very recently active lava flows.

Time-lapse camera image captured on October 1 from the north rim of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō showing the small lava lake in the pit on the northeastern edge of the crater floor. The fume in the background is rising from two openings on the southeastern side of the crater.

Time-lapse camera image from the north rim of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō captured on November 1. The northeastern pit has been filled, and the lava lake is now contained within levees, perched higher than the adjacent crater floor. The lake is weakly spattering behind the new cone in the foreground to the left side of the image.

Time-lapse camera image captured on October 1 from the north rim of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō showing the small lava lake in the pit on the northeastern edge of the crater floor. The fume in the background is rising from two openings on the southeastern side of the crater.

Time-lapse camera image from the north rim of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō captured on November 1. The northeastern pit has been filled, and the lava lake is now contained within levees, perched higher than the adjacent crater floor. The lake is weakly spattering behind the new cone in the foreground to the left side of the image.

This thermal image shows an overview of active surface flows today. There was a small area of active surface flows near the top of the pali, at the top of Royal Gardens subdivision, but most of the surface flows were active on the coastal plain.

This thermal image shows an overview of active surface flows today. There was a small area of active surface flows near the top of the pali, at the top of Royal Gardens subdivision, but most of the surface flows were active on the coastal plain.

A closer view of the lava lake in the northeast portion of the crater floor at Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō.

At Halema‘uma‘u, the lava has dropped over the past week to levels more typical of the last few months. Today, the lava was slightly below the deep inner ledge, with spattering along the southwest lake margin.

Map showing the extent of lava flows erupted during Kīlauea's ongoing east rift zone eruption and labeled with the years in which they were active.

This view towards the southeast shows the vent area and upper lava tube system. In the lower right is Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō crater, with a small circular lava lake in the northeast portion of the crater floor.

Mount Hood with Portland International Airport (Oregon) in the foreground. An ash-producing eruption of Mount Hood could ground air traffic and significantly impact commerce in surrounding states.

pāhoehoe flows are still active on the coastal plain but have advanced little over the past week. On today's field visit, the active flow front was about 1.3 km (0.8 miles) from the ocean. In the background, the remains of Royal Gardens subdivision can be seen on the pali, with the fume sources marking the path of the lava tube.

A close-up of spiny-textured pāhoehoe lava oozing out from a small crack in the crust.