Take a helicopter ride over active volcanics in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park and you might just see a bright "eye" of lava looking at you through a lava "skylight" - an opening in the roof of a lava tube through which red-hot lava is flowing. You can learn about volcanic terms you might come across during a visit to this national park by reading this Hawai'i Volcanoes Primer.
Increased seismic activity below Kīlauea volcano at Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park has prompted closure of the Chain of Craters Road and some other areas of the park.
Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park has closed sections of Mauna Loa Road and Hilina Pali Road to motorized vehicles until further notice due to the risk of wildfires.
Kīlauea began erupting explosively at Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park 100 years ago this week, for the first time in nearly a century. The eruption lasted for about 17 days, killing one person and injuring others.
Ongoing earthquakes and growing seismic pressure continue to reflect unrest with the Kīlauea volcano at Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, but volcanologists say it's impossible to predict if an eruption is imminent.