
Photo and Video Chronology — January 23 & 24, 2025 — Inactive vents at Kīlauea summit
January 24, 2025 — Kīlauea summit overflight On the morning of January 24th, USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists conducted an overflight of Kīlauea summit to capture thermal and surficial imagery of the December 2024 to January 2025 paused eruption. This video compilation shows aerial views of Halema’uma’u captured during the overflight. The north vent that was erupting during episode five of the recent Kīlauea summit eruption has a small patch of lava that was weakly spattering during the morning of February 24, 2025. USGS photo by J. Barnett. January 17, 2025 - UAS video of spattering eruptive vents in Halema‘uma‘u