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Hawaiian Volcano Observatory field engineers on July 10, 2025, visited monitoring stations downwind of the Kīlauea summit ...
Lava fountains reached up to approximately 1,200 feet, the USGS said.
Heading to the Pacific Northwest, Skagit Valley in Washington state nabbed second spot. With low air pollution and over 6,000 ...
According to Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, the north vent stopped around 1:20 p.m. The south vent did not open during this ...
Essentially, gas pistoning is a shallow, degassing-driven rise and fall of a lava surface. Often these pistons occur in ...
German scientists analyzed Hawaiian volcanic rocks and found evidence of gold leaking from Earth's core. The research reveals ...
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Mount Kilauea erupted to life Wednesday as one of the world's most active volcanoes makes headlines once again.
If you’ve been following the ongoing episodic summit eruption of Kīlauea volcano on the Big Island, you might have seen the ...
Hawaiʻi Island is commonly called the Big Island. It’s a land of powerful contrasts: lava-sculpted coastlines, snow-capped ...
Adventure enthusiast Marcus Hustedde proposed to his girlfriend, Ashley Goins, in front of Hawaii's Kīlauea volcano as it ...
A cropped comparison of two USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory webcam images showing changes to the landscape of Kilauea summit region over the past six months. Twenty-five episodes of lava ...
Dominant trade wind conditions generally send tephra and volcanic gas southwest over the remote Ka‘u Desert. Eruption viewing areas within the national park are unaffected, but there can be decreased ...