Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano wows with lava fountains during latest eruptive episode
According to the US Geological Survey’s (USGS) Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, episode 12 of the Halemaʻumaʻu eruption began on Tuesday at 7:30 a.m. HST when sporadic lava flows alternated between the south and north cones. The episode ended at 10:37 a.m. HST on Wednesday.
Enormous lava geysers once again erupt from Kīlauea summit as Episode 12 begins
After a slow, sporadic start Tuesday morning, the 12th episode of the ongoing summit eruption of Kīlauea volcano on the Big Island was once again putting on a fantastic fountaining display similar to that of the prior episode that saw lava geysers of up to 600 feet high.
The lava flow reached about half a mile across Halemaʻumaʻu crater, which is part of the much larger Kilauea caldera at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Kilauea sits along the southeastern ...
COURTESY USGS This thermal image of Halemaumau shows the latest eruption activity within the summit caldera. Kilauea’s ongoing summit eruption resumed oozing lava on the Halemaumau crater floor this ...
By the time the activity waned, lava had covered about 75% of the crater floor, with the flows concentrated in the southern portion of Kaluapele, Kilauea’s summit caldera. Scientists at the ...
located in the southern part of Kilauea caldera. Activity from the north vent gradually declined throughout the episode before it stopped. The end of the eruption was marked by a shift from ...
Kilauea has been erupting episodically for the past two months in Halema‘uma‘u, nested within the south end of Kaluapele, the ...
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