Eruption Lens

• Relive grand eruptions with this augmented & virtual reality tour!

• See the volcano at its best no matter the weather!

• Keep a virtual souvenir!

• Download by Wifi or Personal Hotspot!

For virtual tourists & live visitors to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park & Kīlauea volcano, Eruption Lens presents a 360° world augmented by eruptions.

Use this app in-person at each viewpoint OR from anywhere with virtual backgrounds by pointing your device all around.

This second edition includes 16 viewpoints within the National Park on Kīlauea, each featuring an eruption sequence of images & short video.

Reveal each eruption headline by scanning the photo or video, then tap next. Tap any image for more info, or just go with the flow!

Use the map to explore eruption sites and viewpoints, show directions to a nearby viewpoint, and open USGS web content for each eruption.

Created by a volcanologist and award-winning tour guide to include public historical images as well as exclusive time-lapse video.


Version Features:

• Includes both Hawaii Volcanoes National Park & the historic 2018 eruption

• 16 viewpoints grouped into 6 eruption source areas / 3 tour areas

• 360° 4K VR backgrounds with higher-res photo & video augmentations

• Live camera AR for in-person visits

• Navigation by moving the device / tapping images & buttons

• Eruption images shared between multiple viewpoints display from different angles

• Overlay 360° VR to "see through" bad weather in-person visits

• View closed locations in 360° VR