Image credits.

We honor the people and public agencies who make visual records of Kaʻū and Hurricane Lala available for community use.

Kaʻū coastline

“Kaʻu Coastline 2” by AlaskaDave, showing the volcanic pali southeast from Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park. Used under CC BY-SA 3.0; cropped for display. View the original on Wikimedia Commons ↗

Hurricane Lala satellite view

NASA Earth Observatory image by Lauren Dauphin, using VIIRS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE, GIBS/Worldview, and the Joint Polar Satellite System. The image shows Hurricane Lala south of Hawaiʻi Island on August 15, 2026. View the source and full report ↗

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