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
New webcam views Halemaʻumaʻu eruptive vents at the summit of Kīlauea
On Christmas Day, December 25, the eruption at the summit of Kīlauea volcano continues, with lava fountains feeding lava flows within Kaluapele (the summit caldera). A new webcam provides views of the eruptive vents. The S2cam is positioned on the south rim of Kaluapele (Kīlauea summit caldera. It looks to the west, providing a live view of the vents erupting in the southwest part of Halemaʻumaʻu and Kaluapele. A webpage with the current S2cam live image and animated GIF of the past 24 hours is available here: [S2cam] - Halemaʻumaʻu crater at the summit of Kīlauea Another webpage provides live