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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 - September 17, 2019

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - September 17, 2019

Stable temperatures at Halema‘uma‘u water pond

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - September 14, 2019

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - September 14, 2019

Halema‘uma‘u water pond on September 14

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Volcano Watch — Volcano scientists gather for a volatile meeting

Volcano Watch — Volcano scientists gather for a volatile meeting

This week, a group of volcanic gas scientists from across the United States, including staff from the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO), will...

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - September 10, 2019

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - September 10, 2019

Halema‘uma‘u water pond on September 10

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - September 9, 2019

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - September 9, 2019

Animated, comparison, and video imagery of the Halema‘uma‘u water pond.

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Photo and Video Chronology - Mauna Loa - September 8, 2019

Photo and Video Chronology - Mauna Loa - September 8, 2019

An early morning view looking north across Moku‘āweoweo, Mauna Loa's summit caldera, from a spot near the summit cabin on the volcano's south caldera...

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Volcano Watch — "Volcano Watch" receives national award

Volcano Watch — "Volcano Watch" receives national award

"Volcano Watch," weekly articles written primarily by U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) staff and occasionally by USGS...

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - September 5, 2019

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - September 5, 2019

Halema‘uma‘u water pond

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - September 1, 2019

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - September 1, 2019

Continued slow rise of water level at bottom of Halema‘uma‘u

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - August 31, 2019

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - August 31, 2019

More photographs of the lower East Rift Zone flow field from Thursday overflight

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - August 30, 2019

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - August 30, 2019

Kīlauea summit

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - August 29, 2019

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - August 29, 2019

Overflight of Kīlauea summit

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