Join USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory retired geologist Don Swanson on a virtual field visit to an exposure of the Keanakāko‘i Tephra near the summit of Kīlauea as part of Volcano Awareness Month. This exposure shows deposits of explosive eruptions of Kīlauea between 500 and 230 years ago, from just after the modern caldera formed to […]
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Kīlauea — Recent Change in Vent Configuration (Jan 18, 2021) – lanikai-beach
0 This video shows the two main vents active at the western fissure in Halema‘uma‘u at Kīlauea’s summit, with both supplying lava to the lava lake. Low fountaining was present at each vent. Video: https://www.usgs.gov/media/videos/k-lauea-recent-change-vent-configuration-jan-18-2021
