(BIVN) – Mick Kalber of Tropical Visions Video took to the sky over Puʻu ʻŌʻō aboard Paradise Helicopters, the day after the volcanic vent collapsed.

“A quarter-mile long line of steam fissures from the Pu’u ‘O’o Vent to the west leads to a HUGE brownish red plume, emanating from the vent itself, the result of the floor of the vent collapsing yesterday,” Kalber wrote in an update to media. “The event sent red dust from the vent to the Pali. We saw only one glowing skylight downslope, and no active surface lava anywhere.”

UPDATE: Kua O Ka Lā New Century Public Charter School will be closed today due to the continued earthquake activity.

The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory has been keeping a close eye on the situation as it develops. This update was issued by scientists last night: