Kilauea volcano (Hawai’i): summit water lake continues to rise

The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) reported that the volcano’s summit water lake has continued to rise since 25 July last year when water was first spotted at the bottom of Halema‘uma‘u pit crater inside the summit caldera. Over the past year, the summit water lake has grown to more than 270 m (885 ft) long and 131 m (430 ft) wide, covering a surface area over 2.5 hectares (6 acres). The…