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Famous for glowing red lava and billowing volcanic plumes, Halema‘uma‘u has long inspired poets, painters and photographers to find meaning in the...

Kīlauea summit water lake changes over the past year

Kīlauea Volcano is not erupting. A small swarm of shallow seismicity over the past 24 hours has occurred near the Ka‘ōiki fault system, northwest of...

One of the fundamental premises of geology is that the "key to understanding the future is to understand the past."  In order to forecast how a...

Direct gas sampling at Sulphur Banks on September 30, 2020

Great Hawaii ShakeOut

The Koa‘e fault system connects Kīlauea’s East and Southwest Rift Zones south of the caldera. Faults here appear as low cliffs, or “scarps” along...

No significant changes at Kīlauea's summit water lake

Comparison photos of the floor of Kīlauea caldera

Comparison photos of Uēkahuna Bluff