Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park personnel and scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey held a press conference regarding the ongoing seismic and collapse/explosion activity at the summit of Kilauea, and the continued closure of the Kilauea section of Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, today. USGS scientist Tina Neal provides an update about what is happening at the volcano.
Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park Chief Ranger John Broward looks looks out over Kilauea and Halemaumau Crater from Waldron Ledge.
Ash builds up at the parking lot of the Jaggar Museum from the volcanic activity.
A crack in the soil at the parking lot of the Jaggar Museum from the volcanic activity.
A crack in a rock wall shows through a layer of ash at the overlook at Jaggar Museum.
A layer of ash covers the surface of the exposed overlook at the Jaggar Museum due to the volcanic activity with the Halemaumau crater in the background.
A sign at the overlook at Jaggar Museum.
Marie Onouye, co-owner of The Volcano Store, stands behind the counter welcoming customers at her store at Volcano Village minutes away from the Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park.
Raysha Mae-Adrian, lifelong resident of Volcano Village, Hawai'i, looks after her 3-year-old daughter, Robyn Adrian, at a playground at Cooper Center, the community center of Volcano Village minutes away from the Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park.
Clockwise from left foreground: Margo McClelland, Jan Whitesell, Betty Chin and Kehau La'a. These four women are members of the Volcano Friends Feeding Friends program at Cooper Center, the community center of Volcano Village minutes away from the Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park. The woman in the rainbow colored shirt is not identified.