About This Camera
A USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory view (KO) of Kīlauea's Upper East Rift Zone, the corridor that carries magma from the summit toward the volcano's east flank. This rift fed the long-lived Puʻu ʻŌʻō eruption (1983–2018) and the catastrophic 2018 lower-East-Rift eruption that destroyed hundreds of homes in Leilani Estates. The camera shows the rift's landscape of old lava shields and revegetating flows; when activity shifts down-rift, this is among the first stretches to register it. Weather ranges from clear to misty and vog-laden. Hawaii stays on one time zone all year.
Heading to Kilauea, Usgs? See the weather, the light and how busy it is for yourself before you go — this is the view right now, not a photo from a brochure.
At this camera
- Location
- 2.7 km (1.7 mi) SSW of Volcano Golf Course, HI
- Coordinates
- 19.4194, -155.2885
- Elevation
- 1,242 m (4,075 ft)
- Sunrise / sunset
- 6:15 AM / 6:01 PM HST (11 h 46 min of daylight today)
- Weather station
- PHTO Hilo Intl, 42 km (26 mi) away
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