US EditionHuge Hawaii Volcano Eruption Knocks Out Remote Camera
Lava fountains over 1,000 feet high engulfed a USGS monitoring camera, ending its livestream during Kilauea's ongoing eruption that started last December, USGS reported.
- On Saturday, December 6, 2025, a U.S. Geological Survey remote monitoring camera was destroyed during the Kilauea eruption, with video showing it glitch and cut out as lava surged toward it.
- Rapidly intensifying lava fountains at the north and south summit vents at Kilauea produced rare triple fountains and an enormous plume reaching 20,000 feet, surging ejecta toward the USGS webcam.
- The camera, placed inside a closed park area about 2,000 feet from the vent, was buried in tephra between 9:55 and 9:57 a.m. and destroyed shortly before 10 A.M., the USGS confirms.
- The loss of a live cam knocked a USGS live cam offline, removing real-time monitoring amid more than 12 hours of sustained activity on Saturday.
- Following an intermittent eruption that began December 23, 2024, Episode 38 of the summit eruption continues as Kilauea on Big Island of Hawai‘i sends lava through neighborhoods, destroying hundreds of homes.
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Volcano camera captures its own destruction as Kilauea erupts
A camera filming the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii captured its own destruction during an eruption. US Geological Survey (USGS) footage showed the remote device malfunctioning as the volcano, one of the world's most active, erupted, spewing ash and lava. The video was recorded from a closed-off area in the Halema‘uma‘u crater, as the volcano erupted on Saturday (6 December). An estimated 12.6 million cubic meters (16.5 million cubic yards) of lava e…
A striking picture of the Kilauea Volcano, located in the Hawaiian Archipelago (USA), was broadcast by the American Institute of Geophysics (USGS). This is its 38th episode of lava springing since last December, when it erupted. - In Hawaii, the spectacular lava jets of the Kilauea Volcano have been erupting for nearly a year (International).
Kīlauea volcano lava fountain buries camera
Dramatic video of Kīlauea volcano in Hawaii captured the moment a USGS camera was buried in a spectacular lava fountain. The camera, located about 2,000 feet away from the volcano vent, captured the advancing lava fountain as it was swallowed up in the cloud of dirt and rocks. The camera was set up in a closed area of the park...
BRIEF: The Kilauea volcano on the island of Hawaii has erupted for the 38th time since its last eruption, which began almost a year ago. One of three cameras monitoring the volcano's crater was covered in ash from a lava fountain. The camera captured the moment it went out of service live. The device was located in an area that was closed to the public. The latest eruption occurred on Saturday and lasted for just over 12 hours, according to the …
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