The lava lake remains active even though the lava level has decreased during the most recent period of deflation, likely about to come to an end and probably turning into inflation very soon again.
The volcano observatory’s latest update from Thursday afternoon Hawaiian time (early morning Friday in GMT) reads:
„Deflation at the summit of Kīlauea Volcano resumed around 9:30 a.m. H.S.T. this morning, and now appears to be neither deflating nor inflating. Summit tremor has also decreased but is fluctuating on short time scales.
The level of the active lava lake within Halema‘uma‘u crater has dropped significantly, although lava continues to enter and circulate within the main area of the active lava lake. Based on previous observations over the last week, lava will likely be on the surface of the active lava lake this evening, but activity will likely be less rigorous than earlier this week.“
