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Photo and Video Chronology

The Kīlauea Photo and Video Chronology provides visual updates of eruptive activity, field work, and more.

Photo and Video Chronology

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - March 6, 2012

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - March 6, 2012

Mauna Loa looms behind HVO and Jaggar Museum. Halema‘uma‘u lava lake and channelized flow on pali.

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - February 24, 2012

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - February 24, 2012

Thermal overlay shows active flow front in Royal Gardens subdivision.

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - February 8, 2012

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - February 8, 2012

View of swiftly-moving lava entering the tube system, and active breakouts.

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - January 26, 2012

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - January 26, 2012

Lava lake in Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō, and surface lava on episode 61 flow field.

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - January 25, 2012

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - January 25, 2012

Video of spattering in Halema‘uma‘u lava lake.

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - January 12, 2012

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - January 12, 2012

Spattering in Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō and Episode 61 flow field.

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - December 27, 2011

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - December 27, 2011

Near-vertical view of lava lake at Halema‘uma‘u and ocean entry at West Ka‘ili‘ili.

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - December 13, 2011

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - December 13, 2011

Small streams of lava cascading over the sea cliff, and entering the ocean.

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - December 6, 2011

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - December 6, 2011

Awesome views of the Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō cone and crater showing the fume sources.

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - December 2, 2011

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - December 2, 2011

Active pāhoehoe, fed by a lava tube originating at Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō, has been migrating downslope within the Royal Gardens subdivision.

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - November 21, 2011

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - November 21, 2011

A thin portion of the roof over the lava tube reveals the lava stream.

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - November 10, 2011

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - November 10, 2011

A large skylight on the lava tube is supplying lava to surface flows north of Royal Gardens subdivision.

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - November 3, 2011

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - November 3, 2011

The active episode 61 pāhoehoe flows of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō.

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - October 25, 2011

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - October 25, 2011

High aerial view of the active lava channel of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō crater.

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - October 7, 2011

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - October 7, 2011

The active pāhoehoe flows of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō.

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - September 29, 2011

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - September 29, 2011

Current flows that have erupted on the east side of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō cone.

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - September 23, 2011

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - September 23, 2011

Three videos of the active lava streams from Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō.

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - September 21, 2011

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - September 21, 2011

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

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - September 16, 2011

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - September 16, 2011

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...

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - September 15, 2011

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - September 15, 2011

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

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - September 14, 2011

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - September 14, 2011

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

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