Volcanos

[Lord Avalon]

I saw faint incandescense last night. It wasn't much, but it's been dark the past few nights before, so it seems magma is getting close to the surface.  Per today's update:

"Current inflation data suggest that episode 30 may start between now and Sunday night. ... Fountaining associated with Episode 29 resulted in approximately 19 microradians of deflation. At the time of this update, UWD had re-inflated by about 17 microradians since the end of Episode 29."

https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/hans-public/notice/DOI-USGS-HVO-2025-08-01T18:22:49+00:00

[Buster's Uncle]

Just as well have both vids on each page for ease of browsing...

Kilauea was always my fave back to circa 1971...

[Lord Avalon]

It's probably been the most active in that time.

[Buster's Uncle]

Six year-old me would have PLOTZED to see live coverage/viewing, that's for sure.

[Buster's Uncle]

There's lava showing today ABOVE the main crater, looks like...

It was just a faintish glow while it was still night there...

[Lord Avalon]

Haven't seen it myself yet. Last night V1 showed more of an orange glow lighting the smoke than the previous night. V3 was weird, looked like black & white mode. Yesterday's update said episode 30 could start "between now and Sunday night."

[Buster's Uncle]

Smoke's definitely thicker/more now - and I just saw V3 shake a little again.

[Lord Avalon]

From Saturday's update:

"Summit tiltmeters recorded 1 microradian of deflation since last night, which may delay the start of the next episode. Current models suggest that episode 30 may start between now and Monday."

"Strong glow was visible from the north vent overnight and continues to increase after re-appearing Thursday evening. The return of glow from the north vent indicates that the shallow blockage has been partially or completely removed.  Incandescence in other parts of the crater remains very low, with weak, intermittent glow from two areas higher up on the eruptive cone. "

https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/hans-public/notice/DOI-USGS-HVO-2025-08-02T18:16:04+00:00

[Lord Avalon]

I peeked in on the cams a few times this morning/noon, but saw nothing new. So I didn't think there'd be an update yet, given the recent deflation, but there was an early Monday morning one. Excerpt:

"Precursory eruptive activity for episode 30 of the Halemaʻumaʻu eruption began around 5:51 a.m. HST on Monday August 4 with short flows ending at 5:59 a.m. HST. Lava overflowed from the north vent at 5:51 a.m. HST and drained back with little spattering in the vent by 5:59 a.m. HST in a typical gas-pistoning cycle that produced short overflows. This had been preceded by an earlier gas-pistoning event with lava appearing at 5:14 a.m. HST and draining back with no lava flows and little spattering at 5:18 a.m. HST. It is unclear exactly when sustained eruptive activity may start, however, high lava fountaining is likely to begin today or tomorrow if summit inflation resumes.  Tilt at the summit has been weakly deflating since 4:00 a.m. HST after rising overnight"

[Buster's Uncle]

v2 doesn't seem to be working at all in the dark lately, and v3 looks night vision or something - but I did see v3 shaking again last night, their day...

[Lord Avalon]

V2 (east rim) looks to be further away compared to the others (NW & S), so doesn't seem to pick up the smoke with orange glow at night. Probably has to be hot lava coming out to show.

[Buster's Uncle]

Still night there, v2 has almost nothing, but v3, SOMEthing more impressive is definitely going on...

[Buster's Uncle]

Morning there now, mostly smoke, but v2 has more uphill lava visible than yesterday - that I sure didn't see in the dark a few hours ago...


As a kid, I always resented boring Mona Loa for being so much bigger...

[Lord Avalon]

I did see a minute or two of splashing a couple times last night. From V1 the rim of the small cone at the vent blocks the view on the other side, so I couldn't tell if any lava actually got out.

Off topic but the USGS page also has earthquake notices from around the world. There was a small, 2.7 magnitude earthquake in New Jersey, following a 3.0 one a couple days ago. There have been a few more small ones going back to July 21.

[Buster's Uncle]

I keep hearing -not actually listening or I'd know more- about some major energetic event somewhere in the Pacific basin a few days ago that doesn't seem to have produced the expected tsunamis?