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A new fissure opened and began erupting on the east flank of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō crater.

HAWAI‘I ISLAND, Hawai‘i — Hawai‘i Island fourth grade students are invited to participate in a poster contest celebrating 100 years of volcano...

A deflation–inflation (DI) event, which began yesterday afternoon, led to a marked decrease in eruptive activity at Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō overnight. Two vertical...

Perched lava ponds have developed outside of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō crater.

Awesome views of the active lava lakes in Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō crater.

The active lava within Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō crater showing the two perched lava ponds.

In 1911, Frank A. Perret continuously observed the lava lake within Halema‘uma‘u Crater from his temporary residence, a scientific station on the...

The new lava lake in Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō has buried much of the floor of August 3.

Kīlauea had been quiet for about six weeks in 1968 following the end of a 251-day-long eruption in Halema‘uma‘u Crater. But the summit area had been...

A lot has been learned about Kīlauea in the past decade from studying the volcano's explosive history.