# For volcano watchers - maybe you'll get lucky! {Kilauea may be erupting} **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 5, 2023, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-volcano-watchers-maybe-youll-get-lucky-kilauea-may-be-erupting/989665 "2023-09-05T20:52:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-volcano-watchers-maybe-youll-get-lucky-kilauea-may-be-erupting/989665/141 "2025-02-05T14:00:19Z")
It looks like she’s quieted down, but there is still a nice lava lake going on. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2025, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-volcano-watchers-maybe-youll-get-lucky-kilauea-may-be-erupting/989665/142 "2025-02-07T18:13:08Z")
We weren’t lucky enough to have seen it erupt when we were there in August. The Steam Vents were the most active thing at that time. Still, Volcanoes National Park is extremely cool, eruptions or not. It’s super neat to know exactly where it’s erupting relative to the places I visited. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2025, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-volcano-watchers-maybe-youll-get-lucky-kilauea-may-be-erupting/989665/143 "2025-02-11T20:35:51Z")
Erupting right now … look quick, some of these eruptions last only a few hours. > **[Kīlauea Volcano, Hawaii (Halemaʻumaʻu crater)](https://www.youtube.com/usgs/live)** > > Live view of the eruption in Halemaʻumaʻu, from the northwest rim of the caldera, looking east \[V1cam\] . The V1cam is an autofocusing pan-tilt-zoom model. Th... ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2025, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-volcano-watchers-maybe-youll-get-lucky-kilauea-may-be-erupting/989665/144 "2025-02-11T20:55:06Z")
Yaay! Looks like the same fissure, and the same shaped lava fountain, as last time. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2025, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-volcano-watchers-maybe-youll-get-lucky-kilauea-may-be-erupting/989665/145 "2025-02-11T21:16:02Z")
Nice show. It was bubbling this morning, so I was hoping something would happen. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2025, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-volcano-watchers-maybe-youll-get-lucky-kilauea-may-be-erupting/989665/146 "2025-02-11T21:16:34Z")
Go Pele ! ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2025, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-volcano-watchers-maybe-youll-get-lucky-kilauea-may-be-erupting/989665/147 "2025-02-11T22:16:48Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Looks like the same fissure, It is - this is its 9th episode since it started back in January. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2025, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-volcano-watchers-maybe-youll-get-lucky-kilauea-may-be-erupting/989665/148 "2025-02-12T04:14:59Z")
Quite lovely ATM, as the skies over Hawai’i darken, but it seems to me that it’s already weakening. So watch NOW if you want to catch this episode. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2025, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-volcano-watchers-maybe-youll-get-lucky-kilauea-may-be-erupting/989665/149 "2025-02-12T15:00:18Z")
She’s still going, but not as powerful as earlier. It looks like another fissure has opened up. I love watching the lava rivers flowing in the dark. ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2025, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-volcano-watchers-maybe-youll-get-lucky-kilauea-may-be-erupting/989665/150 "2025-02-12T15:16:22Z")
> [@Maus\_Magill](#): > > It looks like another fissure has opened up. Aww drat, looks like I missed that, and it’s back to the original pair that have been going off together each time since December. Last night, the one in front was mostly obscuring the one in back, but every now and then it would subside enough to see the back one was still going at about the same strength. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2025, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-volcano-watchers-maybe-youll-get-lucky-kilauea-may-be-erupting/989665/151 "2025-02-12T15:26:26Z")
I stand corrected. Every time I looked, the one in back was obscured, so I didn’t know it was there. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2025, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-volcano-watchers-maybe-youll-get-lucky-kilauea-may-be-erupting/989665/152 "2025-02-12T19:33:36Z")
And as of now = 2:30pm Eastern, 0930 Hawaii time, on 2/12 there’s nothing but outgassing from the various fissures. Show over. Come sunset there might still be some glowing hotspots in the crater floor to enjoy, but the lava flow is done for now. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2025, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-volcano-watchers-maybe-youll-get-lucky-kilauea-may-be-erupting/989665/153 "2025-02-20T18:47:15Z")
She started up again. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2025, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-volcano-watchers-maybe-youll-get-lucky-kilauea-may-be-erupting/989665/154 "2025-02-20T19:31:14Z")
… and is fading already. Not too surprising. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2025, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-volcano-watchers-maybe-youll-get-lucky-kilauea-may-be-erupting/989665/155 "2025-02-20T19:35:33Z")
Yeah - it’s like she waited for me to post. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2025, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-volcano-watchers-maybe-youll-get-lucky-kilauea-may-be-erupting/989665/156 "2025-02-20T21:11:54Z")
And possibly gearing up for episode 11. USGS says that as soon as this episode stopped, the crater started inflating again. That usually means magma is gathering near the surface and an eruption is expected. We’ll see! ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2025, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-volcano-watchers-maybe-youll-get-lucky-kilauea-may-be-erupting/989665/157 "2025-02-20T22:43:18Z")
Pele is such a tease. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-volcano-watchers-maybe-youll-get-lucky-kilauea-may-be-erupting/989665/158 "2025-02-21T21:18:07Z")
And today (February 21) the USGS daily update says: _Preliminary estimates suggest a new eruptive episode may begin as early as Sunday, February 23 in Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park._ So, it might be worth tuning into the webcam from time to time. I came close to seeing the exact moment when episode 8 started (it was starting to spatter again, not just glow and smoke) but I have yet to be watching when the fountaining actually begins. Of course, you can always view it by rewinding the feed, but I think it would be cool to actually see it live. So I’m going to keep checking in fairly often just in case. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2025, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-volcano-watchers-maybe-youll-get-lucky-kilauea-may-be-erupting/989665/159 "2025-02-26T04:44:05Z")
Pele is at it again! It must have just started, as I haven’t received a USGS notice yet. I just clicked on the YouTube link that I have bookmarked, and saw it. It’s not super-high fountaining - maybe because it just started? Or maybe this will be a weaker version of some past episodes. We’ll see how long it lasts. I wouldn’t be surprised if it is gone by morning, Hawai’i time (it’s about 6:45pm in Hawai’i as I type). ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2025, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-volcano-watchers-maybe-youll-get-lucky-kilauea-may-be-erupting/989665/160 "2025-02-26T04:58:26Z")
Yep, it’s getting higher. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-volcano-watchers-maybe-youll-get-lucky-kilauea-may-be-erupting/989665.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-volcano-watchers-maybe-youll-get-lucky-kilauea-may-be-erupting/989665.md?page=9)