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Kilauea’s 21st eruption episode sends fountains soaring up to 150 feet in the air on Sunday afternoon, May 11, 2025.
Kilauea’s 500 feet lava fountains resumed Sunday afternoon, less than a week after its latest episode paused Tuesday night.
On Dec. 23, 2024, eruptive activity at Kilauea’s summit began again with the first in what has become 20 discrete lava ...
VIDEO COURTESY USGS A live view of the Kilauea eruption from the northwest rim of the caldera looking east. COURTESY USGS Kilauea volcano fountaining returned to Halemaumau crater this evening. 2 /2 ...
VIDEO COURTESY USGS A live view of the Kilauea eruption from the northwest rim of the caldera looking east. COURTESY USGS A view of the Kilauea eruption from the northwest rim of the crater. 2 /2 ...
Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano was sending lava shooting into the air, creating an impressive spectacle during its latest eruption ...
Lava fountains surged from the Kilauea volcano crater in Hawaii. Geologists from the US Geological Survey's (USGS) Hawaiian ...
Episode 20 of lava fountaining at Kilauea volcano’s summit ended late Tuesday night after 4.5 hours, Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists said The Halemaumau eruption is now paused after the ...
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory reports that fountains rapidly grew into vigorous 500-foot molten rock geisers that ejected from the vent as they fed lava flows that had covered about 10% to 20% of the ...
The 19th blast was different and caught scientists by surprise.
Episode 20 of the eruption at Kīlauea ended at 9:58 p.m. on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, after 4.5 hours of sustained fountaining.
Each episode of Halemaʻumaʻu lava fountaining since the beginning of the episodic summit eruption Dec. 23, 2024, has ...