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December 18, 2019, updated aerial map of Kīlauea summit

December 18, 2019

 

Color photomosaic of Kīlauea volcano summit
The December 18, 2019, overflight provided updated aerial photographs of Kīlauea summit, covering the caldera floor and showing the current size of the water pond in Halema‘uma‘u crater. The label "downdropped block" shows the large portion of the caldera floor that subsided, along with the Halema‘uma‘u region, during the 2018 eruption. The surrounding area is shown by a 2018 satellite image.
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