Big Island Helicopter Tours

New Volcanic Activity at Kilauea on the Big Island

Lots of new volcanic activity happening at Kilauea volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii. I got a call from a friend on the Big Island who filled me in on the news. He said that Blue Hawaiian was taking a Big Island Helicopter Tour up to record video footage of the new eruption, probably for the news media. Hopefully they’ll make some of it available on their website for viewing.

Activity Summary for past 24 hours: Major changes in the east rift zone: Pu`u `O`o crater floor collapsed yesterday afternoon taking the lava lake with it; about 15 minutes after the start of the collapse, a high-volume lava flow issued from west flank vents on Pu`u `O`o Cone and flowed northwest and south along the west edge of previous flows. At the summit, the lava lake surface started to slowly recede yesterday afternoon. Seismicity was elevated within the summit area and low elsewhere. Gas emissions remained elevated from summit and rift zone vents.

–HAWAIIAN VOLCANO OBSERVATORY

Be sure to check out the webcams at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory for the latest views of Kilauea Volcano. Hopefully if you’re watching the webcam at night they don’t put on the night vision version of it. It’s black and white, so you can’t really distinguish the red lava from the dark surroundings. You can access the webcams by clicking here.

Take care and aloha!
~Your Buddy