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Kahauale‘a 2 flow still moving through forest northeast of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō, and a lava pond in Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō

March 5, 2014, marked the third anniversary of the onset of Kīlauea Volcano's four-day-long Kamoamoa fissure eruption. This brief episode marked the...

Ask a child to draw a volcano, and he or she will likely sketch a cone-shaped mountain erupting lava high into the air (with possibly a dinosaur or...

Time-lapse sequence of Halema‘uma‘u degassing plume

Kahauale‘a 2 flow still active northeast of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō

Lava flows remain active northeast of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō, and a lava pond in Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō crater.

Satellite image shows Kīlauea's activity from summit to east rift zone.

Typical spattering activity at the summit lava lake.

Brief interruption to Kahauale‘a 2 flow advance; spattering lava pond in Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō. Typical fluctuations in Halema‘uma‘u lava lake level.

Video of lava lake spattering at Halema‘uma‘u Crater.