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Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles is a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. This week's...

Kīlauea lower East Rift Zone eruption

Kīlauea Volcano's summit

Kīlauea lower East Rift Zone eruption

Satellite radar shows continued inward slumping of Halema‘uma‘u crater
 

Small explosions that produce ashfall from Kīlauea Volcano's summit are not new. However, the mechanism, vigor, plume heights, and extent of ash...

Radar shows Fissure 8 lava flow

Heights of fissure 8 fountain slightly diminished

Steamboat Geyser in Norris Geyser Basin has been measured as the World's tallest geyser (70-120 meters; 230-294 feet).

Lava flow from Fissure 8 enters Kapoho Bay