Photo and Video Chronology – Kīlauea – DECEMBER 21, 2020 An eruption has commenced within Kīlauea’s summit caldera.
Photo and Video Chronology – Kīlauea – December 21, 2020
An eruption has commenced within Kīlauea’s summit caldera.
Early morning photo of the plume generated during the ongoing eruption at Kīlauea’s summit. Plume (primarily water vapor, CO2, SO2, with trace amounts of other gases) drifts with the wind (currently toward the SW). Air quality tracker at http://ow.ly/wPGK50CRiJq.
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Dawn arrives at Kīlauea’s summit, where scientists are monitoring the new eruption within Kīlauea caldera. Since Dec 20 (~9:30 pm), 3 fissure vents on the wall Halemaʻumaʻu crater have fed lava into a growing lava lake.
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No major changes as of 4:09 a.m. HST. The fountain on the N wall of Halemaʻumaʻu crater is dominant, with weaker fountaining exhibited at W fissures. The lava lake is slowly rising. A billowing gas plume continues to drift to the southwest.
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