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NASA image: New Image of Kilauea's Lava Flows taken by NASA Spacecraft
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May 24, 2018

New Image of Kilauea's Lava Flows taken by NASA Spacecraft

Hawaii's Kilauea's eruption, which began three weeks ago, has produced new lava flows that reached the ocean. The...

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NASA image: Hawaii Kilauea Volcano Belches a Toxic Brew
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Apr 4, 2008

Hawaii Kilauea Volcano Belches a Toxic Brew

On the night of March 25, 2008, the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer instrument on...

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NASA image: 2018 Kilauea East Rift Zone Eruption
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Dec 13, 2018

2018 Kilauea East Rift Zone Eruption

The 2018 Kilauea, Hawaii eruption began in May on Kilauea's East Rift Zone. Lava fountains up to 100 meters high,...

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NASA image: Halemaumau, Kilauea Hawaii
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Jan 30, 2025

Halemaumau, Kilauea Hawaii

On January 18, ASTER captured this image of the continuing eruption of Kilauea volcano, Hawaii. Lava fountains in...

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NASA image: Satellite View of Kilauea Eruption
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May 7, 2018

Satellite View of Kilauea Eruption

This image from NASA's Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) instrument on NASA's...

JPL
NASA image: Lava Flow at Kilauea, Hawaii
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Aug 31, 2007

Lava Flow at Kilauea, Hawaii

On July 21, 2007, the world most active volcano, Kilauea on Hawaii Big Island, produced a fissure eruption from the...

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NASA image: Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii
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Jan 4, 2021

Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii

Kilauea volcano, Hawaii, began erupting on December 20, 2020, when a lava flow within Halema'uma'u crater interacted...

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NASA image: INSAR Images Hawaii Kilauea Volcano
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Mar 10, 2011

INSAR Images Hawaii Kilauea Volcano

This satellite interferometric synthetic aperture radar image using COSMO-SkyMed radar data, depicts the relative...

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NASA image: Space Radar Image of Kilauea, Hawaii
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Jan 27, 1999

Space Radar Image of Kilauea, Hawaii

This color composite C-band and L-band image of the Kilauea volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii was acquired by NASA...

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NASA image: Space Radar Image of Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii
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May 1, 1999

Space Radar Image of Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii

This is a deformation map of the south flank of Kilauea volcano on the big island of Hawaii, centered at 19.5...

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NASA image: Space Radar Image of Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii
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May 1, 1999

Space Radar Image of Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii

This three-dimensional image of the volcano Kilauea was generated based on interferometric fringes derived from two...

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NASA image: Space Radar Image of Kilauea, Hawaii
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May 1, 1999

Space Radar Image of Kilauea, Hawaii

Data acquired on April 13, 1994 and on October 4, 1994 from the X-band Synthetic Aperture Radar on board the space...

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NASA image: Space Radar Image of Kilauea, Hawaii - Interferometry 1
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May 1, 1999

Space Radar Image of Kilauea, Hawaii - Interferometry 1

This X-band image of the volcano Kilauea was taken on October 4, 1994, by the Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-band...

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NASA image: Ash from Kilauea Eruption Viewed by NASA's MISR
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May 9, 2018

Ash from Kilauea Eruption Viewed by NASA's MISR

On May 3, 2018, a new eruption began at a fissure of the Kilauea volcano on the Island of Hawaii. Kilauea is the...

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NASA image: STS-68 radar image: Kilauea, Hawaii
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Oct 10, 1994

STS-68 radar image: Kilauea, Hawaii

STS068-S-054 (10 October 1994) --- This is a deformation map of the south flank of Kilauea volcano on the big island...

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NASA image: Color composite C-band and L-band image of Kilauea volcanoe on Hawaii
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Apr 15, 1994

Color composite C-band and L-band image of Kilauea volcanoe on Hawaii

STS059-S-074 (15 April 1994) --- This color composite C-Band and L-Band image of the Kilauea volcano on the big...

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NASA image: University Students Join NASA on Trip to Hawaiian Volcano
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Dec 8, 2017

University Students Join NASA on Trip to Hawaiian Volcano

Briefing Hiking a lava field demands good preparation. Here, the team leaders brief the crew, scientists and student...

GSFC
NASA image: University Students Join NASA on Trip to Hawaiian Volcano
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Dec 8, 2017

University Students Join NASA on Trip to Hawaiian Volcano

March across pahoehoe The team hikes across Kilauea’s lava fields to reach designated test sites. Several types of...

GSFC
NASA image: Hawaii's Continuing Kilauea Eruption Seen in NASA Spacecraft Image
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Jun 26, 2018

Hawaii's Continuing Kilauea Eruption Seen in NASA Spacecraft Image

Hawaii's Kilauea volcanic eruption continues after seven weeks of continuous outpouring of lava over the...

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NASA image: Kamoamoa Flow Field Animation
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Feb 6, 2012

Kamoamoa Flow Field Animation

This frame from an animation, which depicts the growth of the Kamoamoa Flow Field, Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii, was...

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NASA image: Hawaii Lava Threat Closely Monitored by NASA EO-1 Spacecraft
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Sep 15, 2014

Hawaii Lava Threat Closely Monitored by NASA EO-1 Spacecraft

On Sept. 8, 2014, NASA Earth Observing 1 spacecraft obtained this infrared image of Kilauea volcano, Hawaii, which...

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NASA image: University Students Join NASA on Trip to Hawaiian Volcano
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Dec 8, 2017

University Students Join NASA on Trip to Hawaiian Volcano

Pele’s hair Greenish-gold strands of Pele’s hair form when bubbles in hot lava pop and throw droplets into the wind....

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NASA image: University Students Join NASA on Trip to Hawaiian Volcano
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Dec 8, 2017

University Students Join NASA on Trip to Hawaiian Volcano

Prepared Everyone carried a respirator into the field, in case the plume from the volcano blew their way. Credit:...

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NASA image: University Students Join NASA on Trip to Hawaiian Volcano
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Dec 8, 2017

University Students Join NASA on Trip to Hawaiian Volcano

Lava formations The science and journalism teams make their way across the ropey, twisted, broken crust of the 1978...

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NASA's Image and Video Library contains over 140,000 publicly accessible images, videos, and audio files spanning the agency's entire history, from the Mercury program of the 1960s to the latest James Webb Space Telescope discoveries. The collection grows daily as new missions capture imagery and archival materials are digitized. Individual mission archives, such as Mars rover photos, contain hundreds of thousands of additional images.
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