Library Guides: Kilauea: Now and Throughout History: Photos and Videos

Kilauea lava GIF from USGS- 2017

Image from USGS

Image from USGS

Image from USGS

Eastern Rift Lava flow May 8, 2018
Video showing aerial footage of Eastern rift lava flow shortly after it started on May 8, 2018

Map timelapse showing past lava flows and the 2018 eruption lava flow
Map showing progressive flow of lava from 2018 eruption as well as showing the area covered by lava flows from past eruptions

Bathymetry Puna Ridge, Kilauea
Bathymetry is the mapping of the depths of the ocean waters. It is used to essentially draw a map of the ridges and valleys on the ocean floor. The water levels are reflected in the geography of the ocean floor. These maps can help volcano researchers learn about volcanoes and vents on the ocean floor.

In Hawaii's Volcanoes National Park there are many underground lava tubes that have formed caves after the lava drains out of the tubes.
The tubes are tunnels that run from the volcanoes to the ocean mostly
There is an enormous network of tubes that intersect and wind around one another underneath the surface of the park.
Geologists and volcanologists say that the majority of the tube systems are unexplored.
Exploring the tubes is similar to exploring other caves except that the texture of the dried lava within the tubes is much rougher and can easily rip clothing or skin.
The tubes vary in width and depth, all depending on the way that the lava that formed them once flowed.