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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 - January 10, 2004

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - January 10, 2004

Clear views at and near Pu`u `O`o

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Volcano Watch — Lava slowly fills Pu`u `O`o and builds broad ridge

Volcano Watch — Lava slowly fills Pu`u `O`o and builds broad ridge

Lava flows stopped pouring into the sea on the south shoreline of Kīlauea 6 months ago. Few imagined that it would mark the beginning of a progressive...

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - January 7, 2004

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - January 7, 2004

Changes around Pu`u `O`o

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - December 31, 2003

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - December 31, 2003

A murky New Year's Eve on the upper flow field

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Volcano Watch — Arnold Okamura retires as longest-serving HVO staff member

Volcano Watch — Arnold Okamura retires as longest-serving HVO staff member

Arnold Okamura retired on January 3 after more than 42 years with the U.S. Geological Survey, 39 at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. His tenure at...

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - December 27, 2003

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - December 27, 2003

View of Pu`u `O`o from Pu`u Huluhulu

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - December 24, 2003

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - December 24, 2003

Christmas Eve from Pu`u `O`o to Cookie Monster

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Volcano Watch — Munching Mauna Loa - Creatures of the Deep Feast on the 1877 Kealakekua Bay Submarine Lava Flows

Volcano Watch — Munching Mauna Loa - Creatures of the Deep Feast on the 1877 Kealakekua Bay Submarine Lava Flows

The Volcano Watch of December 19, 2002 detailed an oceanographic cruise studying the 1877 submarine eruption of Mauna Loa in Kealakekua Bay. Only two...

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Volcano Watch — Lo`ihi smaller and younger than Kīlauea

Volcano Watch — Lo`ihi smaller and younger than Kīlauea

Despite its notoriety as Hawai`i's youngest volcano, Lo`ihi remains a submarine mystery for most of us. This is because fieldwork there is limited to...

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Volcano Watch — Hilo native named Scientist-in-Charge of Cascades Volcano Observatory

Volcano Watch — Hilo native named Scientist-in-Charge of Cascades Volcano Observatory

HVO is proud to report that Elliot T. Endo, long-time HVO associate and 1961 graduate of Hilo High School, has been named Scientist-in-Charge of the U...

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Volcano Watch — The "Flyspec": a new tool for plumbing the depths of Hawai`i's volcanoes

Volcano Watch — The "Flyspec": a new tool for plumbing the depths of Hawai`i's volcanoes

Are you still trying to find that special holiday gift for the volcanologist in your life? If so, you've come to the right place. The mini-UV...

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - November 28, 2003

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - November 28, 2003

From summit to rootless shield

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