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In early September 2016, USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) monitoring instruments on Kīlauea began recording increased rates of inflation and...

Breakouts remain active on the coastal plain

Views of the eastern Kamokuna lava delta

People who venture too close to the perilous beauty of an ocean entry face real and present dangers.

Ocean entry and breakout on the coastal plain continue

Halema‘uma‘u lava lake exceptionally high

Despite severely reduced funding and staffing, Jaggar made an important and successful prediction based on Mauna Loa's past pattern of eruptions. 

Ocean entry activity continues

Kīlauea's lava lake at high level

Beautiful morning at the summit of Kīlauea