comscore Lava flows again inside Halemaumau Crater atop Kilauea Volcano | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Hawaii News

Lava flows again inside Halemaumau Crater atop Kilauea Volcano

  • COURTESY U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

  • COURTESY U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
                                The lava lake in Halemaumau Crater atop Kilauea Volcano slowly rose at 2:15 a.m. Monday as a gas plume continued to drift to the southwest.

    COURTESY U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

    The lava lake in Halemaumau Crater atop Kilauea Volcano slowly rose at 2:15 a.m. Monday as a gas plume continued to drift to the southwest.

  • COURTESY U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
                                Above, scientists monitor the new eruption.

    COURTESY U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

    Above, scientists monitor the new eruption.

  • COURTESY U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
                                Above, a helicopter view of the crater at 11:20 a.m. Monday. Two of the three fissures were still active, feeding lava into a new lava lake at Kilauea’s summit, according to USGS

    COURTESY U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

    Above, a helicopter view of the crater at 11:20 a.m. Monday. Two of the three fissures were still active, feeding lava into a new lava lake at Kilauea’s summit, according to USGS

  • COURTESY U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
                                A steam and gas plume from the eruption rose Sunday from Halemaumau crater at Kilauea Volcano’s summit. Lava inside the crater illuminates the steam produced by the lava boiling off the summit lake water in the base of the crater, scientists said.

    COURTESY U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

    A steam and gas plume from the eruption rose Sunday from Halemaumau crater at Kilauea Volcano’s summit. Lava inside the crater illuminates the steam produced by the lava boiling off the summit lake water in the base of the crater, scientists said.

Flowing lava, the main draw of Hawaii’s historically most popular visitor attraction, reappeared Sunday night at Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park after a more than two-year absence and produced a steamy show attracting crowds through Monday in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. Read more

Scroll Up