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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 - June 1, 2003

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - June 1, 2003

This 'n that at Highcastle

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 30, 2003

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 30, 2003

Potential and real destruction

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 29, 2003

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 29, 2003

Breakouts near Highcastle entry area

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Volcano Watch — Kīlauea and Masaya celebrate secrets of "sisterhood"

Volcano Watch — Kīlauea and Masaya celebrate secrets of "sisterhood"

Many of us are aware of the "sister city" program, in which two cities form a relationship to promote understanding, cultural and educational exchange...

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 25, 2003

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 25, 2003

Looking west at lava-covered Highcastle beach

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 23, 2003

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 23, 2003

Lava at, near, and far from Highcastle

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 22, 2003

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 22, 2003

Lava on Highcastle beach

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Volcano Watch — Mixing Magmas at Krakatau

Volcano Watch — Mixing Magmas at Krakatau

Throughout the early morning of August 27th, 1883 and into the late afternoon, the inhabitants of Rodriguez Island—a small speck of land in the...

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 21, 2003

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 21, 2003

New ocean entry at Highcastle

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 19, 2003

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 19, 2003

No lava? Why not a sunrise instead?

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 17, 2003

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 17, 2003

Gnarly lava in the Kohola

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Map of lava-flow field, Kilauea Volcano

Map of lava-flow field, Kilauea Volcano

Map of flows from Pu`u `O`o: 16 May 2003
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