When active, Kīlauea pumps out thousands of tons of volcanic gases, namely water vapor, sulfur dioxide, and carbon dioxide.

Stunning misty morning views of lava fountains at Kīlauea’s Halemaʻumaʻu Crater were framed by a rainbow during the volcano’s ...

This photo was taken by a Hawaiian Volcano Observatory monitoring webcam just before 6 a.m. July 9, 2025, during Episode 28 ...

Volcanoes act as windows deep into Earth. They help us understand the formation of our planet and the others in our solar ...

HPR contributor Betsy Brown spoke with a USGS geologist during the last eruptive episode to find out what’s causing this ...

Snowshoeing on Kīlauea? High fountain episodes pose new challenges to monitoring - Features | Hawaii Tribune-Herald ...

Kīlauea is Hawaii’s second largest volcano and it erupted from September 2021 to December 2022. For roughly two weeks in November and December 2022, Hawaii’s biggest volcano ...

Lava is once again shooting skyward at Kīlauea's summit in Hawaiʻi, as Episode 27 of explosive fountaining was captured by ...

Kīlauea’s eruptive fervor eventually subsided—and as the lava flows slowed to a trickle, the bloom ebbed and eventually disappeared. But the phytoplankton may still have left their mark on ...

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano is erupting again in spectacular fashion, sending lava shooting 1,000 feet into the sky, according to the United States Geological Survey.

Lava is continuing to ooze out of the Kīlauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island a day after it began erupting. Scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory detected a glow ...

A two-vehicle collision on Kūhiō Highway in Kīlauea resulted in multiple injuries, a critical condition for a driver, and a ...