Ed Brown (identified by white arrow) pictured with his HVO colleagues during the 2018 Kīlauea eruption

Ed Brown (identified by white arrow, standing behind former USGS HVO Scientist-in-Charge Tina Neal) pictured with his HVO colleagues during the 2018 Kīlauea lower East Rift Zone eruption and summit collapse when HVO staff were temporarily based at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Geology Department following the evacuation of the HVO building in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park. Ed passed away unexpectedly due to natural causes in May 2024.