Volcano Watch — Announcing 2025 Volcano Awareness Month Art & Poetry Contest Winners
Volcano Watch is a weekly article and activity update written by U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists and affiliates. Winners of the Island of Hawaiʻi Volcano Awareness Month 2025 Art Contest. Upper left, Linda Hansen from Pāhoa, submitted a painting titled “Kīlauea welcomes Christmas 2024” that won in the adult division. In the lower left, Kaʻū High and Pāhala Elementary School 11th grader Añaza Nielsen won the high school category with their colored pencil artwork titled “Volcanic Activity,” which depicts the 2022 Mauna Loa eruption as a thermal image. The upper right shows “Lava Flow,” a watercolor and ink
Island of Hawaiʻi Volcano Awareness Month Programs in January 2025!
Wednesday, January 1 Volcano Awareness Month art and poetry contest submission opens! You are invited to enter a USGS-Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) art and poetry contest recognizing the dynamic volcanic landscapes of Hawaiʻi nei! We welcome submissions from Kamaʻāina, visitors, and anyone with an interest in Hawaii’s volcanoes. Submit your entry by January 20, 2025. See here for more information. Saturday, January 4 Hike the path of Mauna Loa’s 1868 lava flow USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory geologist Katie Mulliken leads this guided hike along the Pu‘u o Lokuana trail, which traverses Mauna Loa’s 1868 lava flows. Katie will tell the story of
Volcano Watch — How have eruptions shaped Hawaii? Volcano Awareness Month 2025, with a twist
Volcano Watch is a weekly article and activity update written by U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists and affiliates. From Lēʻahi (Diamond Head) on Oʻahu to the changing caldera at the summit of Kīlauea volcano on the Island of Hawaiʻi, our landscape is shaped by volcanic processes and events. 2024 has been another year of dynamic volcanic activity on the Island of Hawaiʻi, with Kīlauea eruptions occurring outside of Kaluapele (the summit caldera) for the first time since 2018. Multiple intrusions into the upper portions of the Southwest Rift Zone and East Rift Zone culminated in a one-day eruption