VIDEO: Time-lapse thermal images of Halema‘uma‘u crater over the past 12 months

It has been one month since the new eruption began inside Halema‘uma‘u crater in Kilauea volcano on Sept. 29.

Over the past 12 months at the Kilauea summit, there has been a water lake and two eruptions within Halema‘uma‘u.

The previous eruption of the volcano began in December 2020 and ended in May 2021.

This USGS time-lapse video, made using a thermal camera, shows the changes within Halema‘uma‘u over the past 12 months, from Oct. 28, 2020, to Oct. 28, 2021.

There is about one image used every eight hours.