Kilauea’s long-running eruption is taking another break
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USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists continue to monitor the new eruption at Kilauea's Halema‘uma‘u crater on the evening of Sept. 30.
Kilauea has experienced seven major pauses in lava production and a bunch of smaller ones since Nov. 8, with the temporary stoppages gaining in frequency over the last month.
The latest pause started Sunday and continued into Tuesday.
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During recent summit deflation, the lava lake within Halemaʻumaʻu Crater dropped out of view of overlooks in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park in September 2016.
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Vigorous spattering from Kilauea Volcano's summit lava lake was visible from the Jaggar Museum Overlook in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park in July 2016.
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Lava from Kilauea flows into the ocean as seen from a boat operated by Lava Ocean Tours off the coast of Volcanoes National Park near Kalapana on Aug. 9, 2016.5/15
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A photo provided by the National Park Service shows a large sinkhole at the Kilauea Overlook intersection inside Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on Aug. 17, 2018.6/15
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Aerial video of Kilauea Volcano's summit lava lake from late July 2016.
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Aerial video of Kilauea Volcano's summit lava lake taken in late July 2016.
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Aerial video of Kilauea Volcano's summit lava lake from late July 2016.
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2020 February 20 CTY - Photo courtesy of National Park Service. Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park has completed repairs to reopen Nahuku (Thurston Lava Tube) on Hawaii Island Thursday. Changing parking configuration.
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2020 February 20 CTY - Photo courtesy of National Park Service. Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park has completed repairs to reopen Nahuku (Thurston Lava Tube) on Hawaii Island Thursday. Bio matt on lava tube walls.
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Around 6 p.m. on Sept. 30, Kilauea's new eruption in Halema‘uma‘u continued with vigorous fountain activity at the new vent on the western crater wall.
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The eruption within Halema'uma'u, at Kīlauea summit within Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, continues at dawn on Sept. 30.
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A telephoto image of one of the low lava fountains near the center of the growing Halema'uma'u lava lake.
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At approximately 3:20 p.m. on Sept. 29, an eruption began within Halemaʻumaʻu crater in Kilauea’s summit caldera.
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The plume from the ongoing eruption rises above the Kilauea Volcano's summit on Dec. 22, 2020. Ha‘akulamanu (Sulphur Banks) is visible in the foreground.
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