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Ash plume rises from Halemaumau

By Cindy Ellen Russell

May 15, 2018

2018 Volcanoes

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A massive ash plume billowed out of the Halema'uma'u crater located within the Kilauea caldera located in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on Tuesday. This is a view from Highway 11 on the perimeter of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.
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Roland Ellithorpe, 4, ran as an ash plume billowed out of the Halemaumau crater at the Volcano Golf and Country Club on Tuesday.
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Spectators at Volcano Golf and Country Club photographed the start of an ash plume billowing out of the Halemaumau crater in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on Tuesday.
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An ash plume from Halemaumau crater filled the skies above Highway 11 on Tuesday. The forboding plumes erupt from the crater, located within the Kilauea caldera at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, when rocks drop into the lava and explode from the intense heat.
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COURTESY USGS Tradewinds this morning blew the ash generally to the southwest toward the Kau Desert. The dark area to the right of the ash column rising from the Overlook crater is ash falling from the ash cloud to the ground.
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COURTESY USGS A plume could be seen from the Volcano Golf Course in Volcano, Hawaii. This view is nearly due north of the Halemaumau plume.
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