US EditionHuge Hawaii Volcano Eruption Knocks Out Remote Camera
Kilauea's ongoing eruption episode destroyed a USGS summit camera after lava fountains reached over 1,000 feet, ending about 12 hours of continuous activity, the USGS said.
- On December 6, 2025, a USGS monitoring camera on the south rim of Halemaʻumaʻu crater was engulfed and knocked offline during a Kilauea eruption.
- Part of Episode 38, the eruption produced unusually large lava fountains, including a rare triple fountain from north and south vents at Kilauea volcano, Big Island of Hawaiʻi.
- USGS footage shows the remote monitoring camera glitching and stalling before its feed dropped as tephra buried it between 9:55 and 9:57 a.m. HST.
- The USGS notes its camera network livestreams Kilauea summit activity, which lasted about 12 hours, and says another episode is likely in about two to three weeks.
- Scientists warn that ash, pumice, scoria and reticulite can fall within one to three miles, and the summit caldera area of Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park remains closed with a code orange Volcano Watch.
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See the moment a Hawaii volcano's eruption knocked out a remote camera
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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…
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