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Volcano Watch — Seasonally Enhanced Aroma Briefly Fills the Air Near Halema`uma`u

Volcano Watch — Seasonally Enhanced Aroma Briefly Fills the Air Near Halema`uma`u

It seems that something new and different is always cooking at Kīlauea.

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Volcano Watch — Volcanic Spreading Induces Flank Collapse at Mauna Loa

Volcano Watch — Volcanic Spreading Induces Flank Collapse at Mauna Loa

As the largest volcano in the world, Mauna Loa's bulk dominates Hawai`i Island. Understandably, it might be viewed as a solid, immovable mountain...

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Photo and Video Chronology - Mauna Loa - September 21, 2008

Photo and Video Chronology - Mauna Loa - September 21, 2008

Comparative views of the 1949 cinder-and-spatter and 1940 vent cones.

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Photo and Video Chronology - Mauna Loa - July 2, 2008

Photo and Video Chronology - Mauna Loa - July 2, 2008

Photos of the summit caldera of Mauna Loa.

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Volcano Watch — Recent Mauna Loa "prediction" does not change HVO assessment

Volcano Watch — Recent Mauna Loa "prediction" does not change HVO assessment

A few weeks ago, each of the local newspapers carried a story about a study, released in the journal Science, predicting that the next Mauna Loa...

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Volcano Watch — State of Hawai`i geologic map available online

Volcano Watch — State of Hawai`i geologic map available online

A new geologic map of the State of Hawai`i became publicly available this week. The publication is free online as U.S. Geological Survey Open-File...

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Volcano Watch — Geologic Map of Hawai`i Island available in electronic format

Volcano Watch — Geologic Map of Hawai`i Island available in electronic format

The U.S. Geological Survey recently made available the digital geologic map for the Island of Hawai`i. Compiled by Frank Trusdell of the Hawaiian...

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Photo and Video Chronology - Mauna Loa - May 12, 2005

Photo and Video Chronology - Mauna Loa - May 12, 2005

 

Looking towards Mauna Kea volcano from the Mauna Loa Solar Observatory.

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Volcano Watch — Tuning in to Mauna Loa

Volcano Watch — Tuning in to Mauna Loa

Kīlauea's ongoing east rift zone eruption continues, and lava enthusiasts are being treated with renewed opportunity to view the flows, subject to the...

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Photo and Video Chronology - Mauna Loa - February 27, 2002

Photo and Video Chronology - Mauna Loa - February 27, 2002

Snow adorns the upper 1.5 km (5,000 ft) of Mauna Loa Volcano. 

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Volcano Watch — Explosive eruptions from Mauna Loa's summit

Volcano Watch — Explosive eruptions from Mauna Loa's summit

To many of us, Hawaiian volcanoes loom sleepily overhead, occasionally stirring from their slumber and oozing lava flows down their flanks toward the...

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Volcano Watch — Does Your Cat Eat Birds?

Volcano Watch — Does Your Cat Eat Birds?

Cats have been our pets and rat-catchers since the dawn of civilization. Many of us grew up with cats or now keep them (including the authors of this...

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