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The Hawaiʻian word "kipuka" refers to a variation or a change in form. Forest kipuka are formed when a continuous forested habitat on the slope of an...

Paliuli and lava inside flow

The HVO staff mourn the loss of one of our extended family. Dr. Robert (Bob) Decker, Scientist-in-Charge from 1979-1984, died at home in Mariposa...

Lava on the surface

When your professional gene pool is sufficiently small, as it tends to be in volcanology, you sometimes go a great distance to explore different ideas...

People tend to remember the dates of important events in their lives. In addition to anniversaries and birth dates, volcanologists remember the dates...

East Pond Vent to the sea

Nothing is more beautiful than Kīlauea caldera on a clear, crisp day. Steam escapes from a few spots inside and outside, and koa`e kea birds ride the...

Want to see a spicy Kīlauea? Here's how.

The glowing cone and to quench a sample