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April Fool's Day at Pu`u `O`o and Kamoamoa

The past week marked the celebration of the 42nd annual Merrie Monarch Festival on the island of Hawai`i. Throughout the seven-day cultural event...

New Kamoamoa ocean entry, and skylight

Each week since October 2002, seismologists at the U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiʻian Volcano Observatory (HVO) have provided brief synopses of the...

Ka`ili`ili

Volcano monitoring utilizes a wide range of methods, including the composition and emission rate of gases, earthquake activity, and ground deformation...

Ka`ili`ili ocean entry and lava falls

The current eruption at Kīlauea is 22 years old and counting. Residents in the down-wind direction have probably become tired of the vog and would...

Cones and plumes

The wise old saying that a photograph is worth a thousand words certainly applies to one of the longest-running volcanic shows on Earth, the eruption...