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Kīlauea Volcano — Kapoho Bay
Aerial view of the ocean entry at Kapoho, where a lava delta about 250 acres in size is filling the bay. USGS image taken June 12, 2018, around 6:50 a.m. HST.
Kīlauea Volcano — Braided Lava Channels
Fissure 8 (fountain visible in distance) feeds lava into an active braided channel that flows about 8 miles (north, then east) to the ocean entry in Kapoho Bay. USGS image taken June 12, 2018, around 6:50 a.m. HST.
Kīlauea Volcano — Fissure 8 Lava Fountain
Fissure 8 fountains reached heights up to 160
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Kīlauea Volcano — Halema`uma`u Crater Cracks
A closer view of the cracks cutting across the parking lot for the former Halema‘uma‘u visitor overlook (closed since 2008, when an active vent opened within the crater). Additional photos—ground views—of the parking lot cracks were posted on June 7 and 11.
Kīlauea Volcano — Kapoho Bay
Aerial views of the ocean entry on Kīlauea Volcano's lower East Rift Zone on June 12, 2018, around 6:30 a.m. HST, show multiple small
Kīlauea summit activity
A series of wide-angle webcam images, captured by a camera in HVO's observation tower (https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/volcanoes/kilauea/multimedia_webcams.html) between June 1 and June 10, 2018, show ongoing subsidence around Halema‘uma‘u at the summit of Kīlauea in this animated GIF.
USGS Status Update of Kīlauea Volcano - June 11, 2018
USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, Status of Kīlauea Volcano, June 11, 2018, Jessica Ball, USGS Volcanologist
Kīlauea Volcano — Lava Channels (Fissure 8)
Aerial view of the fissure 8 lava channel on Kīlauea Volcano's lower East Rift Zone in the vicinity of the Kapoho cone, with fissure 8 fountains visible in the distance (upper left). Helicopter
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Kīlauea Volcano — Overflight of Lava Channel (June 11, 2018)
Three closely spaced lava fountains at fissure 8
Kīlauea Volcano — Overflight of Ocean Entry
The interaction of molten lava flowing into cool seawater causes pulsating "littoral explosions" that throw spatter (fragments of molten lava) and pieces of solidified glassy lava (black sand, Pele's hair, limu o Pele) high into the air. In this aerial view of the Kapoho ocean entry, these dark-colored lava particles are blasted skyward through billowing white clouds of
Kīlauea Volcano — Cracked Road at Summit
This 'warped-curb' crack, the largest in the parking area for the former Halema‘uma‘u overlook (closed since 2008), is one of many that have sliced the parking area into slices. Ballistics (blocks of solid rock) strewn across the area are visible in the foreground. Loose, dislodged
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Kīlauea LERZ lava flows and fissures, June 11, 3:00 p.m.
Map as of 3:00 p.m. HST, June 11, 2018. Given the dynamic nature of Kīlauea's lower East Rift Zone eruption, with changing vent locations, fissures starting and stopping, and varying rates of lava effusion, map details shown here are accurate as of the date/time noted. Shaded purple areas indicate lava flows erupted in 1840, 1955, 1960, and 2014-2015.
Another rockfall triggers an explosive event in the summit lava lake
In mid-November 2016, 70 representatives of volcano observatories from 20 volcanically active nations around the world came together in Vancouver, Washington, to share techniques, lessons learned, and challenges faced in preparing effective, useful volcano hazard maps and analyses.
Views of the Kamokuna ocean entry
Ocean entry continues, with breakout near Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō
Rockfall triggers an explosive event in summit lava lake
A clear evening provides stunning views of the summit lava lake
Breakout on the 61g lava flow field
Everyone extrapolates facts and makes assumptions based on those facts. Sometimes, such an assumption is repeated so often that it takes on the aura of a "fact" itself. This is the story of how one such assumption about Kīlauea's recent past was proven wrong—and only in the past couple of months!
Breakout from episode 61g vent
High on the slopes of Mauna Loa, the largest active volcano on Earth, a unique Hawaiian seabird struggles for survival.
Typical lava lake activity within Halema‘uma‘u
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