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July 7: Hawaiian Volcano Observatory Community Meeting on Helicopter Survey Over Unpopulated Parts of Kīlauea

July 7: Hawaiian Volcano Observatory Community Meeting on Helicopter Survey Over Unpopulated Parts of Kīlauea

The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory is hosting a community meeting at the Pahoa Community Center on July 7 from 6-7:30 PM about an upcoming...

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Photo and Video Chronology – Kīlauea – June 29, 2022

Photo and Video Chronology – Kīlauea – June 29, 2022

An eruption at Kīlauea's summit began at approximately 3:20 p.m. HST on September 29, 2021. Lava activity is confined within Halema‘uma‘u crater, in...

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Photo and Video Chronology – Kīlauea – June 24, 2022

Photo and Video Chronology – Kīlauea – June 24, 2022

An eruption at Kīlauea's summit began at approximately 3:20 p.m. HST on September 29, 2021. Lava activity is confined within Halema‘uma‘u crater, in...

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Volcano Watch — From macro to micro: How Hawaiian rocks tell their stories

Volcano Watch — From macro to micro: How Hawaiian rocks tell their stories

Like the pages of a book, the stories of Hawaiian volcanoes are “written” in layers of rock. When Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) scientists...

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Photo and Video Chronology – Kīlauea – June 21, 2022

Photo and Video Chronology – Kīlauea – June 21, 2022

An eruption at Kīlauea's summit began at approximately 3:20 p.m. HST on September 29, 2021. Lava activity is confined within Halema‘uma‘u crater, in...

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Photo and Video Chronology – Kīlauea – June 16, 2022

Photo and Video Chronology – Kīlauea – June 16, 2022

During the first half of June, Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) staff, along with collaborators from other parts of USGS,  temporarily deployed...

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Volcano Watch — A forgotten collapse of Halemaʻumaʻu crater on June 5–7, 1916

Volcano Watch — A forgotten collapse of Halemaʻumaʻu crater on June 5–7, 1916

The passage of time has a way of isolating notable events of the past; present-day historians can easily lose track of individual events in the “fog”...

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Photo and Video Chronology – Kīlauea – June 14, 2022

Photo and Video Chronology – Kīlauea – June 14, 2022

An eruption at Kīlauea's summit began at approximately 3:20 p.m. HST on September 29, 2021. Lava activity is confined within Halema‘uma‘u crater, in...

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Photo and Video Chronology – Kīlauea – June 9, 2022

Photo and Video Chronology – Kīlauea – June 9, 2022

An eruption at Kīlauea's summit began at approximately 3:20 p.m. HST on September 29, 2021. Lava activity is confined within Halema‘uma‘u crater, in...

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Photo and Video Chronology – Kīlauea – June 2, 2022

Photo and Video Chronology – Kīlauea – June 2, 2022

An eruption at Kīlauea's summit began at approximately 3:20 p.m. HST on September 29, 2021. Lava activity is confined within Halema‘uma‘u crater, in...

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Volcano Watch — Kīlauea’s colleagues: what other volcanoes are currently erupting on Earth?

Volcano Watch — Kīlauea’s colleagues: what other volcanoes are currently erupting on Earth?

Kīlauea, one of Earth’s most active volcanoes, has been on the Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program (GVP) list of erupting volcanoes...

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Volcano Watch — Playing with wire: upcoming surveys to reveal Kīlauea’s inner workings

Volcano Watch — Playing with wire: upcoming surveys to reveal Kīlauea’s inner workings

In the last few months, "Volcano Watch" articles have introduced several research projects funded by the Additional Supplemental Disaster Relief Act...

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