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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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Volcano Watch — Lava-flow hazards revisited

Volcano Watch — Lava-flow hazards revisited

Every day at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, we scan incoming data from field instruments that will warn of new volcanic activity on the island...

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 19, 2004

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 19, 2004

Lava spills from inflating Banana flow

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 18, 2004

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 18, 2004

Banana flow between pali and sea

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 16, 2004

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 16, 2004

Banana front in the rain

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 14, 2004

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 14, 2004

Banana flow widens near ocean

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Volcano Watch — Lights! Camera! Disaster!: Mixing fact and fantasy in the movies

Volcano Watch — Lights! Camera! Disaster!: Mixing fact and fantasy in the movies

Colossal natural disasters have been fodder for Hollywood movies long enough that we can recognize the basic recipe. A pinch of fact, a fistful of...

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 11, 2004

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 11, 2004

Sluggish lava, rainy morning

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 10, 2004

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 10, 2004

Scenes at Banana flow front

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 9, 2004

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 9, 2004

Mother's Day at Banana flow front

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 8, 2004

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 8, 2004

Banana flow surges onward

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 7, 2004

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 7, 2004

Manifestations of lava

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 6, 2004

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 6, 2004

Sluggish Banana breakouts

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