Photo and Video Chronology

Thermal images showing active fountains and channelized ‘a‘ā flow. The western vent complex of Kamoamoa continues to erupt.

Photos showing lava fountains from the northeastern vent of the Kamoamoa eruption, a piece of spatter ejected on March 7, 2011, and a thermal view...

Video showing low fountaining from the dominant vent, adjacent to Nāpau Crater. Video showing the collapse of the Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō crater floor on March 5...

Videos and photos of fissure eruptions.

Photos of an ash cloud rising from Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō as crater floor collapses, the collapsing crater, and erupting fissures. Video clips of the fissure...

Videos showing wall and rim collapses of Halema‘uma‘u.

Photos of a channelized flow erupted from the vent on the floor of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō crater and views from the active lava surface in Halema‘uma‘u crater.

Time-lapse movie showing lava erupting from vents on the floor of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō crater.

Photos of the lava surface in the Halema‘uma‘u Overlook vent and a close-up view of the northeast vent in Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō, showing spattering.

Photos and video of the erupting vent on the east wall of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō Crater. 

Video of another series of collapse on the floor of Halema‘uma‘u.

Videos showing an ashy plume rising above Halema‘uma‘u crater, collapse events, lava lake and lava flows, and sounds of the lava lake. Photo of...

Video of the lava lake in the Halema‘uma‘u crater and photos of a small lava flow erupted from the septum on the east wall of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō crater.

The lava pond in the vent cavity of the Halema‘uma‘u Overlook vent.

A look into Halema‘uma‘u, a new spattering vent at TEB shield, and the active vent on the floor of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō slowly filling the east side.

Breakout, just south of a partially burned kipuka, cascading into a small depression on the flow field.

A wide shot of the current flow field from the coastal plain up to the TEB vent and a close-up view of the small ocean entry from the eastern...

Movies from January 17 and 21 showing collapse and explosive eruption
 

Aerial view down into the vent in Halema‘uma‘u and photos of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō, the spatter cone, and the fuming opening.

Photos of the Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō crater and the erupting spatter cone; the Ki ocean entry; the active lava lake at Halema‘uma‘u; and videos showing spattering...