Kilauea - Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park (U.S. National Park Service)
Halemaʻumaʻu crater has a long history of lava lake-style eruptive events. It is currently home to a lava lake that appeared on September 29, 2021. Radiating out from the summit, Kīlauea has two rift zones stretching to the east and southwest.
Kīlauea | U.S. Geological Survey - USGS.gov
Kaluapele is the summit caldera of Kīlauea volcano. Within Kaluapele, Halemaʻumaʻu (often a crater that hosts persistently active vents) is the home of Pelehonuamea (Pele of the red earth), the Hawaiian elemental force of creation that appears as red molten lava.
Kīlauea - Wikipedia
Between 2008 and 2018, Halemaʻumaʻu, a pit crater located within Kīlauea's summit caldera, hosted an active lava lake. Kīlauea erupted nearly continuously from vents on its eastern rift zone between January 1983 and April 2018 , causing major property damage, including the destruction of the towns of Kalapana and Kaimū along with the ...
Kīlauea - Volcano Updates | U.S. Geological Survey - USGS.gov
2 天之前 · Activity Summary: The eruption at Kīlauea volcano that began on Monday, December 23 remains paused as of 8:40 pm on Friday, January 3. Glow from the crater floor remains but is much diminished from the previous night. Glow could persist for days. No unusual activity has been noted along Kīlauea’s East Rift Zone or Southwest Rift Zone.
Kīlauea Caldera - Wikipedia
The Kīlauea Caldera (Hawaiian: Kaluapele [2]), officially gazetted as Kīlauea Crater, is a caldera located at the summit of Kīlauea, an active shield volcano in the Hawaiian Islands. It has an extreme length of 2.93 mi (4.72 km), an extreme width of 1.95 mi (3.14 km), a circumference of 7.85 mi (12.63 km) and an area of 4.14 sq mi (10.7 km 2 ...
Kīlauea Volcano, Hawaii (Halemaʻumaʻu crater) - YouTube
2024年12月23日 · Live view from Halemaʻumaʻu crater from the northwest rim of the caldera. ===== FAQs about Kīlauea eruptions: https://www.usgs.gov/observatories/hvo/freque...
Eruption Viewing - U.S. National Park Service
The eruption that began 12/23/24 continues within Halema'uma'u crater and can be seen from overlooks along the caldera rim. Volcanic activity can change at any time and impact air quality in the park and visitor health and safety. ... (1 mile) walk from Kilauea Military Camp. Eruption distance from overlook: 1.5 miles. View: Fountains of molten ...
Kilauea | Location, Eruptions, Height, Map, & Facts | Britannica
2024年12月24日 · Kilauea, the world’s most active volcanic mass, situated on the southeastern part of the island of Hawaii, Hawaii state, U.S. Located in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, it is an elongated dome built of lava eruptions from a central crater and from lines of craters extending along east and southwest rifts, or fissures.
Eruption Information | U.S. Geological Survey - USGS.gov
2024年12月23日 · Kīlauea began erupting from the southwest part of the caldera at approximately 2:20 a.m. HST on December 23, 2024. Eruptive vents located in the southwest part of the caldera have been intermittently active, with new lava flows intermittently active over parts of Halemaʻumaʻu crater surface. Timeline
2018 Eruption and Summit Collapse - U.S. National Park Service
2018年5月9日 · In March 2018, Kīlauea was erupting in two different places, an uncommon phenomenon that had been happening for nearly a decade: at the summit in Halemaʻumaʻu crater, and down the East Rift Zone at Puʻuʻōʻō. These two long-lasting eruptions changed drastically in the middle of March, when USGS scientists discovered a signficant increase ...