Within the 4 km wide Kilauea Caldera is the 0.9 km Halemaumau pit crater. Viewed from the Halemaumau Overlook. The flowers and the food are offerings from the natives to the Volcano goddess Pele From 1823 to 1924, Halemaumau was filled with molten lava. The last eruption within the crater was 1982. The ongoing eruption since 1983 is on the lower Southeast Rift Zone, not at the summit here.