Fresh lava flows radiate from Kilauea’s Pu’su ’O’o, crater, as the Volcano’s longstanding eruption continues.
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Infared satellite imagery shows how lava tubes carry molten basalt from Pu'u 'O'o to the coastal plain.
This false-color image shows the infrared signal emitted by fresh lava flowing toward the sea.
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Kilauea erupted enough lava to fill 45,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools.
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Satellite view of fresh lava flows from recent activity at Kilaue’s Pu’u O’o Crater.
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Fresh lava flows cover the slopes of Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano.
Overlapping lava flows on Kilauea Volcano illustrate the formation of the Hawaiian Islands.
Lava from Kilauea Volcano flows into the ocean near Kalapana, Hawaii.
Lava from Kilauea Volcano chipped away at the doomed Royal Gardens subdivision for decades. Now more than 75 homes are gone.
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Two active lave flows: the Kahaulae’a 2 flow and the Peace Day flow, extend north and south from Kilauea’s Pu’u O’o.
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The most recent flow is pushing northeast into ohia lehua forests in Hawaii’s interior.
A river of red and black lava marks the site of Nyamurigira’s latest eruption.
Molten rock meets the sea in the latest episode in a long-lived eruption.
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For several months, residents of the Hawaiian town of Pahoa have been watching the June 27 lava flow warily.
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New fissures emerged near Leilani Estates.
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After advancing through forest for months, the June 27th lava has started to damage residential properties in Pahoa.
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Fresh lava flows are difficult to distinguish from the barren rock of Tolbachinsky Dol, a volcanic plateau.