It provides an amazing view over the Kilauea Iki Crater. The crater is 3,000 feet across and a mile long. The floor is 400 feet below the overlook and you can see Mauna Loa in the distance.

One of the things that I found fascinating was the fact that you can see hikers on the trail below as it crosses the Kīlauea Iki crater. This is also the place of the Kilauea Iki erupted in 1959 ...

The summit eruption at Kīlauea volcano that began on Dec. 23, 2024 has been paused since the evening of Jan. 3, 2025.

Activity culminated with the September 10-16 eruption at Napau Crater. This emplacement of fresh magma increased ... observed before and were especially dramatic during the 1959 Kilauea Iki eruption.

The recent eruption of Kīlauea within Halemaʻumaʻu Crater, which started the early ... and during the 1959 Kīlauea Iki summit eruption (17 episodes). While the recent Kīlauea summit eruption ...

The Kilauea eruption within the Halemaʻumaʻu crater paused again the afternoon of Jan. 25, when lava flows stopped erupting ...

ZOELLER / COURTESY USGS A Hawaiian Volcano Observatory geologist is silhouetted by the illuminated gas plume emanating from Halemaumau crater on Wednesday during the fifth episode of Kilauea’s ...

PHOTO BY M. ZOELLER / COURTESY USGS A Hawaiian Volcano Observatory geologist is silhouetted by the illuminated gas plume emanating from Halemaumau crater on Wednesday during the fifth episode of ...

A strong glow from the north vent indicates that lava remains close to the surface of the crater, scientists said. It’s unclear how long Kilauea’s eruptive activity will last but scientists ...

The fourth phase of the current eruption at Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island has been paused since Saturday. Still, ...