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The Hawaii volcano Kilauea lit up the skies with lava and ash, drawing tourists and raising safety alerts. Its eruption ...

The Hawaiʻi National Park Service announced this week that the Uēkahuna observation deck in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park ...

Volcanoes have always amazed scientists, geologists, and travelers– not just because they can erupt, but because they show ...

Kīlauea volcano’s summit, known as Uēkahuna, is reopening its observation deck after a series of catastrophes closed the area ...

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano resumed its intermittent eruption Sunday, sending lava fountains over 1,000 feet high and ash plumes ...

Pilots are advised to avoid volcanic eruptions, but in 1935, a squad of U.S. bombers took a more aggressive approach.

and both Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea often receive at least a light dusting every year. However, 2021 was an extreme case. When the photo was taken, the combined snow covering both peaks reached the ...

Kilauea and Mauna Loa updates, volcano photos, maps, recent earthquake information, and more. Email questions to [email protected]. Witnessing a volcanic eruption is, for many, a once-in-a-lifetime ...

Snow dumped on Hawaii's Maunakea and Mauna Loa, with several inches recorded on these peaks, which both reach nearly 14,000 feet in elevation. The snow was delivered by a Kona low, a type of ...

Both Kīlauea and Mauna Loa are seen erupting in this NPS Photo, taken by J.Wei Though both eruptions paused within several hours of each other, Ken Hon, Scientist-in-Charge at USGS’s Hawaiian ...

In this handout photo from the US Geological Survey taken on December 4 and obtained on December 6, 2022, spatter is seen being thrown from Fissure 3 on Mauna Loa's Northeast Rift Zone which has ...