3 days ago · A tall fountain of lava is spewing from a volcano on Hawaii's Big Island. A webcam on Tuesday shows vigorous streams of red lava in the latest episode of an eruption that has paused and resumed.

2 days ago · Kilauea’s ongoing eruption within Hawai ‘i Volcanoes National Park continued Tuesday morning with vigorous lava fountains reaching heights of up to 160 feet from the north vent and 115 feet from the south vent, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

3 days ago · Kīlauea’s ongoing eruption within Hawaii Volcanoes National Park continued this morning with vigorous lava fountains reaching heights of up to 160 feet from the north vent and 115 feet from the ...

3 days ago · A tall fountain of lava is spewing from a volcano on Hawaii's Big Island HONOLULU -- A fountain of lava was spewing from a Hawaii volcano Tuesday in the latest episode of an eruption that has ...

Dec 24, 2024 · Glowing red lava fountains are continuing to erupt at Kīlauea summit this Christmas Eve. USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists monitored the eruption from the caldera rim, measuring the lava fountain heights at approximately 75 meters (246 feet) during an afternoon monitoring fieldshift.

Jan 28, 2025 · One of the world’s most active volcanoes is back in action. The Kilauea volcano at the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park is spewing lava once again, the seventh recorded episode in recent weeks.

A jet of lava sprayed into the air by the rapid formation and expansion of gas bubbles in the molten rock is called a lava fountain. Lava fountains typically range from about 10 to 100 m in height, but occasionally reach more than 500 m.

Feb 24, 2007 · Lava fountains are sometimes called Hawaiian explosive activity, named after the type locality for this sort of eruption-that is, Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai`i. This phenomenon often occurs at other basaltic centers in different tectonic settings, like at Mount Etna, Sicily.

On December 23, 2024, Kīlauea erupted after three months of dormancy, spewing dramatic fountains of lava. The lava emerged from a series of fissures near the southwest wall of the Halemaʻumaʻu crater, located within Kaluapele, the summit caldera of …

3 days ago · A fountain of lava was spewing from a Hawaii volcano Tuesday in the latest episode of an eruption that has paused and resumed.