Photo and Video Chronology

Scientists continue to monitor the ongoing eruption in Kīlauea Volcano's summit caldera, Island of Hawai‘i. Fountaining continues at two locations...

Scientists continue to monitor the ongoing eruption in Kīlauea Volcano's summit caldera, Island of Hawai‘i

 Scientists continue to monitor the ongoing eruption in Kīlauea Volcano's summit caldera, Island of Hawai‘i

An eruption has commenced within Kīlauea’s summit caldera. 

Shortly after approximately 9:30 p.m. HST, the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) detected glow within Halemaʻumaʻu crater at the summit of...

Timelapse showing surface motion of Kīlauea's summit water lake and small rockfalls at Kīlauea summit

No significant changes at Kīlauea's summit water lake

Kīlauea summit water lake changes over the past year

Direct gas sampling at Sulphur Banks on September 30, 2020

Great Hawaii ShakeOut

No significant changes at Kīlauea's summit water lake

Comparison photos of the floor of Kīlauea caldera

Comparison photos of Uēkahuna Bluff

Videos of the water lake at Kīlauea's summit

Views of Kīlauea's growing summit water lake; Sulphur Banks and Steam Vents; gravity survey at Kīlauea summit

Vibrant color variations at Kīlauea's summit water lake

Continued slow rise of water in Halema‘uma‘u

September 3, 2020 — Kīlauea

No significant changes at Kīlauea's summit water lake

Rainbow over Halema‘uma‘u and the water lake