Experience the Heartbeat of a Volcanic Landscape

Volcanoes are monuments to Earth's origin, evidence that its primordial forces are still at work. During a volcanic eruption, we are reminded that our planet is an ever-changing environment whose basic processes are beyond human control. As much as we have altered the face of the Earth to suit our needs, we can only stand in awe before the power of an eruption. Read More

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2 minutes, 12 seconds

Video of the lava lake activity in Halema‘uma‘u Crater in the early morning hours of March 16, 2018. This is a zoomed video from the observation deck at Jaggar Museum, which is about a mile from the eruption site.