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Photo and Video Chronology — January 3, 2025 — Overflight of Kīlauea summit eruption

The eruption at Kīlauea volcano that began on Monday, December 23 continues this morning. USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory geologists conducted a monitoring overflight at approximately 7 a.m. HST. 

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory geologists captured these videos of the Kīlauea summit on January 3, 2025, during a morning overflight at approximately 7 a.m. HST. With permission from Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park, geologists landed in Halemaʻumaʻu, which is home to the Native Hawaiian elemental force associated with lava, Pele. Geologists collected a molten sample of lava, which is quickly quenched with water in a metal bucket. Later geochemical analyses of the sample will provide scientists with information about conditions in the magma chamber and magma’s path to the surface. USGS videos by M. Patrick.
From the Volcano House Hotel in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park, the Kīlauea summit eruption plume was visible the morning of January 3, 2025. Mauna Loa is draped in morning alpen-glow in the right side of the image. USGS photo by K. Mulliken.

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