Videos

Between June 16 and June 23, 2006, the floor of the pit containing the "Drainhole" vent collapsed, revealing a small lava pond about 12 meters across. Gas pistons continued to occur but were much larger, as is evident when comparing this movie to the others with the same title.

(June 3, 2006, 06:00:03 to 13:20:03) This movie sequence shows another example of gas pistoning (described in "Gas pistons withing the Drainhole vent at Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō", 06-02-2006) captured by the same camera used to compile the previous movie.

June 3, 2006, 21:00:05 to June 4, 2006, 01:00:04) This movie sequence is a third example of gas pistoning (described below) captured by the same camera used to compile the other "Gas pistons within the Drainhole vent at Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō" movies .

Quicktime movie showing spattering at the south edge of the lava lake in the vent at Halema‘uma‘u.

Quicktime movie showing a close-up of spattering at the south edge of the lava lake in the vent at Halema‘uma‘u.

This Quicktime movie shows a quick video of the lava lake in Halema‘uma‘u crater taken during today's overflight. The lava surface has recently been very shallow, as little as 90 meters (98 yards) below the floor of Halema‘uma‘u crater.

Movie showing ashy plume rising above Kīlauea's summit vent in Halema‘uma‘u crater. The plume was the result of the collapse of a portion of the vent wall moments earlier.

Movie of the lava lake in Kīlauea's summit vent in Halema‘uma‘u crater minutes after a slice of the vent wall had plunged into the lava. The lava lake is roiling violently as the recently added wall debris is digested by the lava. Slabs of rock can be seen breaking loose from the base of the overhanging vent wall and falling into the lava.

Movie showing the second of five large collapses within Kīlauea's summit vent on the floor of Halema‘uma‘u. The collapse was captured by a Webcam located on the rim of Halema‘uma‘u directly above the erupting vent.

Movie showing the fourth of five large collapses within Kīlauea's summit vent on the floor of Halema‘uma‘u. The collapse was captured by a Webcam located on the rim of Halema‘uma‘u directly above the erupting vent.

Movie showing spattering from a vent on the east wall of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō crater.

A movie of the erupting vent on the east wall of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō Crater. The movie begins with a cascade of lava filling the southern opening on the east wall and ends at the spattering source, which is producing the cascading flow.

This Quicktime movie shows a timelapse sequence taken from a thermal camera on the rim of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō crater. The movie spans from May 26 to today and shows the rising level of the lava lake in the crater.

This Quicktime movie shows the refilling of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō over the past two months, taken from a thermal camera on the south rim of the crater. Lavadrained from Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō on March 5 during the Kamoamoa fissure eruption, and remained absent for several weeks.

Video showing lava pouring from the fissure into a seemingly bottomless crack. Nāpau Crater in the background. Helicopter for scale.

Video showing spattering from the most persistent vent of the day just west of the base of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō near the northeastern end of the fissuresystem.

Video clip shot from the air looking SW at the fissure eruption between Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō and Nāpau Crater.

Video clip shot in front of the propagating fissure, showing low spattering that started moments earlier.

Video of spattering near the front of the propagating fissure.

This video, also compiled from the Webcam on the rim of Halema‘uma‘u, shows the north rim of the vent collapsing.

This clip, captured by a video camera on the rim of Halema‘uma‘u to the southwest of the vent, shows a small slice of the western rim of the vent collapsing into the lava lake and includes sound.