Hawaii Kīlauea Volcano Eruption Launches Lava 1,000 Feet Into the Sky

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Kīlauea Volcano’s latest eruption, dubbed Episode 24, lit up the night sky over Hawaii, lasting roughly 7.5 hours. Both the north and south vents erupted, sending lava fountains soaring over 1,000 feet and plumes rising 16,500 feet into the air. Timelapse footage from multiple cameras captured the dramatic volcanic activity in Halemaʻumaʻu Crater.

Hawaii Volcano Eruption Sends Lava Fountains Soaring 1,000 Feet

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Lava fountains at Hawaii’s Kīlauea volcano soared over 1,000 feet during a dramatic eruption captured by the U.S. Geological Survey. Episode 23 of the ongoing summit eruption saw both the north and south vents in Halemaʻumaʻu crater erupting simultaneously. A massive ash plume, filled with tephra including Pele’s hair and scoria, rose at least 5,000 […]

Hawaii’s Kīlauea Volcano Erupts Again: Unleashing Hours of Lava Fountains

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Checkout this terrifying footage of the Kīlauea summit eruption causing hours of lava fountains. Episode 19 of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption at Kīlauea volcano featured nearly eight hours of sustained lava fountaining, reaching heights of up to 330 feet. The eruption began on May 1 after 26 cycles of low dome fountaining and overflow activity, […]

Explosive Episode 17: Hawaii’s Kīlauea Eruption Unleashes Towering Lava Fountains

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Checkout this terrifying footage of the Kīlauea summit eruption causing 13 hours of lava fountains. The seventeeth episode of Kīlauea’s ongoing eruption in Halemaʻumaʻu crater within , Hawaii, USA, resulting in lava fountains erupting from the north vent.  The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory geologists observed the lava fountaining in episode 17 of the ongoing summit […]