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Map showing flow field changes
This map shows recent changes to Kīlauea’s active East Rift Zone lava flow field.
Map showing flow field changes
This map shows recent changes to Kīlauea’s active East Rift Zone lava flow field.
Small-scale map of flow field
This small-scale map shows Kīlauea’s active East Rift Zone lava flow in relation to the eastern part of the Island of Hawai‘i.
Map with thermal mosaic overlay
This map overlays a georeferenced thermal image mosaic onto the flow field change map to show the distribution of active and recently active breakouts.
Map showing flow field changes
This map shows recent changes to Kīlauea’s active East Rift Zone lava flow field.
Small-scale map of flow field
This small-scale map shows Kīlauea’s active East Rift Zone lava flow in relation to lower Puna.
Map showing flow field changes
This map shows recent changes to Kīlauea’s active East Rift Zone lava flow field.
Map with thermal mosaic overlay
This map overlays a georeferenced thermal image mosaic onto the flow field change map to show the distribution of active and recently active breakouts.
Map showing flow field changes
This map shows recent changes to Kīlauea’s active East Rift Zone lava flow field.
Landsat satellite image shows June 27th lava flow
This satellite image was captured on Tuesday, June 23, 2015 by the Landsat 8 satellite.
Map with thermal mosaic overlay
This map overlays a georeferenced thermal image mosaic onto the flow field change map above and shows the distribution of active and recently active breakouts.
Map showing flow field changes
This map shows recent changes to Kīlauea’s active East Rift Zone lava flow field.
Kīlauea Volcano — Ocean Entry
The ocean entry being fed by a crusted over channel has fewer tiny ooze-out channels than yesterday spilling into the water. One larger ooze-out channel making dominant entry plume at the northern end of the broad ocean entry.
Kīlauea Volcano — Fissure 8 Channel (Annotated)
Annotated drone image of Kīlauea Volcano's lower East Rift Zone fissure 8 lava channel. Image captured near Kapoho Crater looking east toward the ocean entry. Incandescent flow margin is more easily identified in the dark - specifically here in the area of Kapoho Beach Lots.
Kīlauea Volcano — Open Lava Channels
Fountains from Fissure 8 spatter cone continue to supply lava to the open channel with intermittent small, short-
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Kīlauea Volcano — Whirlwind Above Fissure 8
In the Leilani Estates subdivision, Hawaiian Volcano Observatory field crews monitoring
Kīlauea Volcano — Collapse/Explosion Event at Halema‘uma‘u
On June 30, 2018, at 02:51 PM HST, a collapse/explosion event occurred at Kīlauea's summit. An ash-poor
Kīlauea Volcano — Kapoho Coast
At the Kapoho coast, lava enters the ocean along the northern margin of the flow field.
Kīlauea Volcano — Summit Rockfalls
View of Kīlauea Volcano's summit. The brown visible dust coming from Halema‘uma‘u is from rockfalls.
Kīlauea Volcano — Animation of Summit Drop
This animated GIF shows a sequence of radar amplitude images that were acquired by the Agenzia Spaziale Italiana CosmoSkyMed satellite system. The images illustrate changes to the
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Kīlauea Volcano — Lava Channels from Fissure 8
Lava from fissure 8 is fed into a channel that travels about 13 km (8 mi) to the sea. A
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Kīlauea Volcano — Video Data of Fissure 8
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory geologist Matt Patrick acquires video of fissure 8 and the lava channel from Pohoiki Road/Highway 132. The video is used to document fountain behavior and lava flow characteristics, and how they change with time.
Kīlauea Volcano — Ocean Entry at Kapoho
Lava was entering the ocean over a broad area this morning. This image shows an active entry area along the northern flow front at Kapoho. View to the south.
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Activity at Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō and on the 61g flow
Lava breakouts continue on the coastal plain and on the delta
Using detailed geologic mapping and modeling of how a fluid (in this case, lava) responds to surface topography, USGS-HVO constructed nine maps depicting 18 inundation zones on Mauna Loa. Each zone identifies a segment of the volcano that could erupt lava and send flows downslope.
The U.S. Geological Survey has produced a documentary, "Kīlauea Summit Eruption–Lava Returns to Halema‘uma‘u," to tell the story of the eruption, and to share imagery of the inaccessible lava lake with the public.
Pāhoehoe breakouts on the coastal plain
Breakouts remain active on flow field, changes to ocean entry lava delta
As the summer months began to wind down this year, Nature's fury began to wind up and grab much of the news cycle.
Kamokuna Lavafalls Oct 3-5
Breakouts remain active on the coastal plain and pali
Coastal breakouts put on a show
In today's age of aerial photography, satellites, and drones, bird's-eye views of geologic features are taken for granted. A century ago, such depictions posed enormous challenges.
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Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center
Phone: (808) 985-6420
Fax: (808) 967-8568
Pacific Islands Climate Adaptation Science Center
Pacific Islands Water Science Center
Phone: 808-690-9600
Fax: 808-690-9599
O'ahu Field Station
Phone: 808-690-9571
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National Wildlife Health Center, Honolulu Field Station
Phone: (808) 792-9520
Fax: (808) 792-9596