Between 7 and 8 a.m. Feb. 2 for Hawaiian petrel monitoring on Mauna Loa between 4,000 and 9,000 feet in elevation.

Source: https://bigislandnow.com/2023/02/01/flight-operations-scheduled-in-february-at-hawaii-volcanoes-national-park/

Hawaii’s Mauna Loa is erupting for the first time in 38 years, an event long-expected, and feared by many.

Source: https://247wallst.com/special-report/2023/06/25/worst-natural-disaster-in-every-state-4/

Kilauea began erupting inside its summit crater Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, less than one month after the volcano and its larger neighbor Mauna Loa stopped releasing lava.

Source: https://www.deseret.com/2023/1/6/23540932/kilauea-volcano-erupts-again

Mauna Loa will eventually erupt again and when it does, HVO’s gas team will be in the driver’s seat, ready to do whatever it takes to measure emission rates.

Source: https://www.bigislandvideonews.com/2023/02/11/volcano-watch-chasing-mauna-loas-gas-plume/

Most people are familiar with Mokuʻāweoweo—the caldera at Mauna Loa.

Source: https://mauinow.com/2023/04/23/volcano-watch-did-lava-flow-out-of-mauna-loas-southern-caldera-in-2022/

She helped respond to the 2020, 2021 and 2023 eruptions of Kīlauea and the 2022 Mauna Loa eruption.

Source: https://bigislandnow.com/2023/08/25/volcano-watch-aloha-to-the-university-of-hawaii-at-hilos-newest-geology-professor/

The earthquake was at at a depth of 4.8 miles below sea level and had no apparent impact on either Mauna Loa or Kīlauea volcanoes, according to the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.

Source: https://bigislandnow.com/2023/03/26/4-1-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-32-miles-southeast-of-na%ca%bbalehu-on-big-island-no-tsunami-threat/

The nightmare began when Loa Kennedy was found brutally murdered outside her home on June 24, 2018, on Chinook Drive in the Big Horn Ranch subdivision off of Oak Creek Grade on CR 143.

Source: https://sangredecristosentinel.com/2023/03/loa-kennedy-five-years-and-no-update/

Then, in November, Mauna Loa erupted for the first time in almost 40 years.

Source: https://www.staradvertiser.com/2023/02/12/hawaii-news/battling-nature-to-keep-climate-project-alive-at-mauna-loa/

The USGS says “most Mauna Loa GPS campaign survey sites have been occupied every year since the early 1990s, whereas less active volcanoes Hualālai and Haleakalā are surveyed every 3–5 years.”

Source: https://www.bigislandvideonews.com/2023/06/03/mauna-loa-gps-campaign-continues-as-volcano-remains-quiet/

This image on March 1, 2023 is from a temporary research camera positioned on the north rim of Mokuʻāweoweo, the summit caldera of Mauna Loa volcano.

Source: https://bigislandnow.com/2023/03/01/winter-weather-advisory-for-big-island-summits/

USGS HVO may conduct additional flight operations over Kīlauea and Mauna Loa to assess volcanic activity and maintain instrumentation.

Source: https://bigislandnow.com/2023/11/04/november-2023-notice-of-flight-operations/