Maps

Digital elevation models (DEMs) created from photos taken during helicopter overflights of Kīlauea summit.

Digital elevation models (DEMs) created from photos taken during helicopter overflights of Kīlauea summit.

April 23, 2021—Kīlauea summit eruption contour map showing lava lake level and elevations of features within the caldera

April 16, 2021—Kīlauea summit eruption thermal map constructed from aerial imagery

April 5, 2021—Kīlauea summit eruption contour map showing lava lake level and elevations of features within the caldera

March 29, 2021—Kīlauea summit eruption contour map showing lava lake level and elevations of features within the caldera

March 26, 2021—Kīlauea summit eruption thermal map constructed from aerial imagery

March 12, 2021—Kīlauea summit eruption contour map showing lava lake level and elevations of features within the caldera

ANIMATED GIF: This animated image file (GIF) includes a series of thermal maps—ranging from daily to several weeks apart—made from helicopter overflight thermal imagery of Halema‘uma‘u crater, Kīlauea summit.

HVO uses regular Kīlauea summit helicopter overflights of Halema‘uma‘u crater to create digital elevation models (DEMs) of the crater.

Data from a Kīlauea summit helicopter overflight on March 4th allowed for the calculation of the depth of the lava in Halema‘uma‘u crater. 

March 5, 2021—Kīlauea summit eruption contour map showing lava lake level and elevations of features within the caldera