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Rain at Kīlauea summit following nine hours of lava fountaining during episode 48 on June 1, 2026, created steamy conditions within Halemaʻumaʻu, the crater floor of which was 40% covered with new lava flows during the episode. In the V1cam, a prominent whirlwind (puahiohio in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, or the Hawaiian language) was visible forming at 4:47 p.m.

Episode 48 lava fountain from the north vent in Halemaʻumaʻu crater, at the summit of Kīlauea volcano, as viewed from near Uēkahuna overlook in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park. USGS video by M. Decker. 

This video was taken by the KWcam, located on the north rim of Halemaʻumaʻu crater, during episode 47 of lava fountaining at the summit of Kīlauea on May 14-15, 2026. The episode began at 3:27 p.m., with a lava fountains from the north vent feeding lava flows that progressively traverse across the floor of the crater.

This video was taken by the B1cam, located on the south rim of Halemaʻumaʻu crater, during episode 47 of lava fountaining at the summit of Kīlauea on May 14-15, 2026. The episode began at 3:27 p.m., with a lava fountaining feeding lava flows across the floor of the crater. Although lava stopped erupting from the north vent at 12:27 a.m.

This video was taken by the K2cam, located on the north rim of Halemaʻumaʻu crater, during episode 47 of lava fountaining at the summit of Kīlauea on May 14-15, 2026. visitors at Uēkahuna overlook in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park view the lava fountain from the north vent.

This timelapse video shows Kīlauea summit eruption lava fountaining episode 46 on May 5, 2026, captured by a USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory research camera on the south rim of the caldera. Although both vents erupted precursory lava flows, only the north vent erupted a lava fountain during the 9-hour-long eruptive episode. USGS video.

This video shows various views during episode 46 of lava fountaining at the summit of Kīlauea on May 5, 2026. USGS video by M. Patrick. 

This video was taken by the KWcam located on the northwest rim of Halemaʻumaʻu crater during episode 46 of lava fountaining at the summit of Kīlauea on May 5, 2026. The episode began at 8:17 a.m.

This video shows a timelapse sequence of episode 45 of lava fountaining in Halema‘uma‘u at Kīlauea summit on April 23, 2026. This timelapse video was created using individual photographs taken before and during the 8.5-hour-long episode 45.

This video shows highlights during episode 45 of lava fountaining in Halema‘uma‘u at the summit of Kīlauea on April 23, 2026. Episode 45 began just after 1 a.m. HST and ended about 8.5 hours later at 10:01 a.m. HST. Only the north vent erupted lava fountains, which reached a maximum height of about 870 feet (265 meters).

This timelapse video shows Kīlauea summit eruption lava fountaining episode 44 on April 9, 2026, captured by a USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory research camera on the south rim of the caldera. Although the south vent erupted most of the precursory lava flows, only the north vent erupted a lava fountain during the eruptive episode. USGS video.

This timelapse video shows Kīlauea summit eruption lava fountaining episode 44 on April 9, 2026, captured by the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory B1cam on the south rim of the caldera. Although the south vent erupted most of the precursory lava flows, only the north vent erupted a lava fountain during the eruptive episode. USGS video.

Views of lava fountaining episode 44 at the summit of Kīlauea on April 9, 2026. USGS videos by M. Patrick, L. Gallant, and D. Downs. 

This video shows activity during the episode 43 lava fountains at the summit of Kīlauea. The video was taken from the south rim, which provided clear views of the north and south fountains, and the lava channels that transported lava from the vent into the eastern portion of the crater floor. USGS photo by M. Patrick.

USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) geologists on a routine Kīlauea summit monitoring helicopter overflight on Thursday, February 26, collected visual and thermal images to map out the changes on the crater floor following episode 42 lava fountaining at Kīlauea summit that took place on February 15, 2026.

The KWcam is located on the northwest rim of Halemaʻumaʻu crater at the summit of Kīlauea. The camera is one of many located around the Kaluapele, Kīlauea summit caldera, that aid in monitoring conditions. This timelapse video was created using images captured by the KWcam on February 15, 2026, during episode 42 of lava fountaining. Around 4:20 p.m.

Timelapse video showing tephra cover to cleanup in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park. Lava fountains during episode 41 of the Kīlauea summit eruption on January 24, 2026, covered the Uēkahuna overlook within Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park with tephra fallout. The next morning, Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park staff clean the tephra from the area.

This timelapse video shows Kīlauea summit eruption episode 41 on January 24, 2026, captured by a USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory research camera on the south rim of the caldera. Both the north and south vents erupted,and the black material in the foreground is falling tephra. USGS video.

Kīlauea began its 39th lava fountaining episode the night of December 23, one year to the day from when this eruption began. This view was taken from the publicly accessible viewing area on Crater Rim Drive near Keanakākoi Overlook within Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park.

On December 9, USGS-Hawaiian Volcano Observatory geologists conducted an aerial overflight of Kīlauea summit region, following lava fountaining episode 38 of the Halemaʻumaʻu eruption on December 6. In this video, the line on the ground in the lower left portion at the start of the video shows the extent of tephra deposits created during episode 38.

The V3 camera was located on the south rim of Halema‘uma‘u crater at the summit of Kīlauea volcano on the Island of Hawai‘i. The camera, located in a hazardous closed area of Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park, was buried by tephra from an inclined lava fountain between 9:55 and 9:57 am HST on December 6, during episode 38 that began this morning at 8:45 am.