14 photos that capture the destructive power of Hawaii’s erupting Kilauea volcano
The Big Island volcano began erupting on May 3 and has forced the evacuation of thousands of people.
A column of robust, reddish-brown ash plume occurred following the eruption of Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano on May 4.
The entire north portion of the Overlook crater as the eruption continued on May 6.
An ash plume rises from the Halemaumau crater within the Kilauea volcano summit caldera on May 9.
Lava flows at a new fissure in the aftermath of eruptions on May 12 in Pahoa, Hawaii.
An aerial view of the 1,000-foot-long fissure that erupted on Kilauea’s East Rift Zone on May 13 near Pahoa, Hawaii.
Lava fountains on May 19 from Fissure 20 in the volcano’s lower East Rift Zone in Pahoa, Hawaii.
A lava fissure erupting in the air during a volcano outbreak in Pahoa, Hawaii, on May 19.
Lava flows into the ocean near Pahoa, Hawaii, on May 20.
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Chuck Anthony wears a gas mask as he stands next to a wall of lava entering the ocean near Pahoa, Hawaii, on May 20.
Plumes of steam rise as lava enters the ocean on May 20.
An aerial view of the volcano’s lower East Rift Zone on May 20.
Steam rises on May 21 as lava enters the Pacific Ocean.
Lava erupts and flows on May 21 from a Kilauea volcano fissure, near to the Puna Geothermal Venture plant. The plant, currently shut down in the wake of encroaching volcanic activity, provides electricity to around 25 percent of the island.
Lava erupts from a fissure in Kapoho, Hawaii, on May 21.
