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Earlier this month, a key subset of the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) seismographic network was upgraded. This...

Video showing the recent uplift of the lava lake and crater floor in Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō Crater.

Video showing timelapse sequence from Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō Crater.

"Is the volcano dead?" "When will it erupt again?"

Lava erupting steadily inside the crater of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō during the past three months is slowly approaching the lava high point of March 5, just before...

Looking west into Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō Crater and the perched pond.

Photos of the active lava lake in Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō and its levee.

HVO geologist and helicopter pilot repair a mobile Webcam. Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō Crater is once again perched above the surrounding crater floor.

Video showing the lava lake deep within Halema‘uma‘u vent.
 

A near-vertical look inside the vent cavity of the Halema‘uma‘u Overlook vent. Overflows from the lava pond in Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō and numerous spattering...