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The sight of stately Mauna Loa rising over 3,960 m (13,000 feet) above sea level is a familiar and welcome view to Hawai`i Island residents and...

We have a number of ways to monitor a volcano, each tuned to different sets of measurements or observations and telling us different things that we...

People sometimes ask if there's any obsidian in Hawaiʻi. The short answer is yes, but if you want to see an obsidian flow, you'll have to go to the...

Around Pu`u `O`o

Limited surface flows above Pulama Pali

As we work to increase monitoring capabilities on our restless neighbor Mauna Loa Volcano, our colleagues at the Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) are...

As you make the drive from Waimea to Kona, you may notice a peculiar grassy knoll and an associated hummocky ridge on the northern slope of Hualālai...

New flow joins old on Pulama pali

Vog plume just before sunrise

Lava on the pali but not at the coast