Kīlauea’s Lava Lake Persists

Since May 2018, when Kīlauea’s lava lake last drained, the summit crater has filled with water, erupted again, boiled off the water, and refilled with lava.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Kīlauea’s Lava Lake Persists.

NASA Earth Observatory image by Lauren Dauphin, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Sara E. Pratt.

Published May 11, 2022
Data acquired April 15, 2022

Source:: Landsat 9 > OLI-2