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Daily updates about ongoing eruptions, recent images and videos of summit and East Rift Zone volcanic activity, maps, and data about recent earthquakes in Hawaii are posted on the HVO website. 

Volcano Watch is a weekly article and activity update written by U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists and colleagues.

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - July 31, 2010

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - July 31, 2010

More devastated forest and awesome views of ocean entry

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - July 30, 2010

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - July 30, 2010

Composite image showing the active flow front in Kalapana

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Volcano Watch — "Kalapana Gardens home lost to lava, 2nd periled"

Volcano Watch — "Kalapana Gardens home lost to lava, 2nd periled"

Most readers will see the headline and think it refers to events in Kalapana this past week. The title is actually from a back page story in the...

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - July 29, 2010

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - July 29, 2010

A surge of lava that broke out and view of lava cascading down the sea cliff

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - July 27, 2010

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - July 27, 2010

Second finger of lava overtopped the Hakuma horst

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - July 26, 2010

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - July 26, 2010

Narrow finger reached the ocean and lava exiting the tube poured onto growing delta

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - July 24, 2010

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - July 24, 2010

More active breakouts along Highway 137 and thick smoke from burning vegetation

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - July 23, 2010

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - July 23, 2010

Lava flow reached the north facing scarp and composite image showing the active flow front

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Volcano Watch — More rattling from last Sunday

Volcano Watch — More rattling from last Sunday

The bits of dust kicked up by last Sunday's magnitude-3.6 earthquake south of O‘ahu have settled.

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - July 22, 2010

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - July 22, 2010

Flows continue to be active south of the Kalapana access road

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - July 20, 2010

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - July 20, 2010

FLows continue to be active along Highway 137

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - July 17, 2010

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - July 17, 2010

Flows reached Kalapana access road

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