This post has it’s roots in the current events section at OSEI – daily reports of images of signifant events from around the world. On July 10th, the site posted about the eruptions currently happening on the island with the image shown in the post. To see images from the Virtual Earth Live maps, see below.

This NOAA-15 satellite image taken at 0243 UTC on July 10 shows a plume of gases and ash (volcanic smog) to the north and southwest of the Kilauea Volcano which is located at 19.25N 155.16W in the southeastern part of HawaiiΓÇÖs big island. – OSEI

The Pu`u `O`o-Kupaianaha eruption of Kilauea, now in its twenty-fourth year and 55th eruptive episode, ranks as the most voluminous outpouring of lava on the volcano’s east rift zone in the past five centuries. By January 2007, 3.1 cubic km of lava had covered 117 km² and added 201 hectares to Kilauea’s southern shore. In the process, lava flows destroyed 189 structures and resurfaced 14 km of highway with as much as 35 m of lava. (Continue reading on the official site)

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Pan and zoom around below to see the area where the Kilauea volcano is located in Hawaii’s Volcanoes National Park.