Lava fountains and fissures are scattered throughout Halema’uma’u crater flooring on this primary day of the brand new eruption. Kilauea is erupting once more! At 4:44 a.m. Hawaii Time, the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory detected a lava glow inside Halema’uma’u crater on the summit of Kilauea. Halema’uma’u crater is situated inside Hawaii Volcanoes National Park […]
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Mahalo to Tara Hutchinson for sharing this neat crater shot with us for Aloha Friday Photos. Tara took this photograph on Maui on the Haleakala volcanic crater that stands over 9,500 ft above sea degree. (The summit reaches 10,023 ft above sea degree.) At this elevation, the temperatures are considerably cooler than down on the […]