Six months of lava fountain eruption episodes at Kilauea Volcano

At present marks the six-month anniversary of the present dazzling eruption section at Kilauea Volcano on Hawaii’s Huge Island. Since December 23, 2024, Kilauea has been erupting with lava fountains reaching heights as much as and over 1,000 ft (300 meters).

On this present episodic eruption section, there have been 26 completely different episodes. The length of those occasions vary from about 4.5 hours to eight.5 days. Most not too long ago, these occasions have lasting for about 6 to 10 hours.

The time in between eruptions has various, too. Since Might, the eruptions have been spaced out anyplace between three days to 10 days.

See this overview page that chronicles this eruption section. Word that the latest eruption, the 26th, which occurred final Friday, has not but been added to the listing.

The eruption pictures and livestreams have been completely beautiful. For a video instance, take a look at scenes from Episode 26 in the following video.

This eruption has been contained to Halemaumau Crater on the summit of Kilauea inside Hawaii Volcanoes Nationwide Park. The lava is just not posing a menace to properties or companies.

Listed below are some useful sources to test in on the volcano exercise: