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Episode 61 (Peace Day) flow field
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.
Episode 61 (Peace Day) flow field
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.
Episode 61 (Peace Day) flow field
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.
Episode 61 ("Peace Day") flow field
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.
Episode 61 (“Peace Day”) flow field
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.
Episode 61 flow: April 11, 2012
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.
Episode 61 flow: March 20, 2012
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.
Episode 61 flow: February 8, 2012
Map showing the extent of lava flows erupted during Kîlauea's ongoing east rift zone eruption and labeled with the years in which they were active.
Episode 61 flow: January 26, 2012
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.
Episode 61 (Peace Day) flow: January 12, 2012
Map showing lava flows erupted during Kīlauea’s ongoing east rift zone eruption and labeled with the years in which they were active.
Kīlauea East Rift Zone Eruption Map: December 27, 2011
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.
Kīlauea East Rift Zone Eruption Map: December 13, 2011
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.
Halema`uma`u Crater - June 13, 2018
Halema`uma`u Crater - June 13, 2018
USGS Status Update of Kīlauea Volcano - June 13, 2018
USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, Status of Kīlauea Volcano
June 13, 2018, Jessica Ball, USGS Volcanologist
Kīlauea LERZ lava flows and fissures, June 13, 10:00 a.m.
Map as of 10:00 a.m. HST, June 13, 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.
Kīlauea Volcano — Ocean Entry
View of the ocean entry and the resulting laze plume where
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Kīlauea Volcano — Kapoho New Land
Closer view of new land in the Kapoho area. The new coastline, following the ragged lava-ocean interface, is approximately 2.1 km (1.3 mi) in length. The white steam/laze plume marks the location of the most active lava entry site during the morning overflight.
Kīlauea Volcano — Ocean Entry Laze Plume
Kīlauea Volcano — Fissure 8
Fissure 8 lava fountain during this morning's overflight of the lower East Rift Zone. Steam and fume rises from
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USGS Status Update of Kīlauea Volcano - June 12, 2018
USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, Status of Kīlauea Volcano, June 12, 2018, Jessica Ball, Volcanologist
Kīlauea Volcano — Halema‘uma‘u Crater
Events at the summit of Kīlauea over the past few weeks have dramatically reshaped Halema‘uma‘u, shown here in this aerial view, which looks west across the crater. The obvious flat surface (photo center) is the former Halema‘uma‘u crater floor, which has subsided at least 100 m (about 300 ft) during the past couple weeks. Ground cracks circumferential to the crater rim
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Kīlauea Volcano — Multiple Ocean Entries
The south side of the ocean entry was most active today, with many small streams of lava and corresponding steam plumes spread along a fairly broad section of the southern part of the delta. USGS image taken June 12, 2018, around 6:13 AM.
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.
With funding from USGS data rescue initiatives, HVO scanned seismograms from a number of significant earthquakes and seismic sequences. Since last summer, volunteer Marcy Frenz has enthusiastically and diligently assumed scanning duties at HVO, working through the 1974–1984 interval spanning Mauna Loa Volcano's two most recent eruptions.
Kamokuna lava delta: collapse on May 3 and how it looked today
On June 13, 1950, Honolulu was suddenly blanketed by the thickest haze seen since recordkeeping began there in 1906.
Delta at the Kamokuna ocean entry slowly growing
In the first ecosystem-wide study of changing sea depths at five large coral reef tracts in Florida, the Caribbean and Hawai’i, U.S. Geological Survey researchers found the sea floor is eroding in all five places, and the reefs cannot keep pace with sea level rise. As a result, coastal communities protected by the reefs are facing increased risks from storms, waves and erosion.
Ben Gaddis was recently honored by the U.S. Geological Survey for his many years of service as HVO's volunteer photo archivist.
Small delta at the ocean entry
Here are some tips from for essential lava field fashion from the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory geologists who walk miles on Kīlauea lava flows—both new and old.
Small delta has formed at ocean entry; evidence of recent delta collapses
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) staff, alumni and friends recently gathered to honor the long and fruitful career of Jeff Sutton, our recently retired colleague.
Small delta at Kamokuna ocean entry
Hawai‘i is not the only island in the United States with an ongoing eruption involving hot lava and cold water.
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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
Fax: 808-690-9599
National Wildlife Health Center, Honolulu Field Station
Phone: (808) 792-9520
Fax: (808) 792-9596