Kilauea volcano in Hawaii begins Episode 42 of its summit eruption, with lava fountains confined to Halemaumau crater in ...

Lava fountains from a fissure in the Northeast Rift Zone of Maunaloa during the 2022 eruption. It was the first time in 38 ...

Visual observations have been a backbone of volcano research more than 2,000 years and remain fundamental to understanding ...

Since late 2024, Klauea has unleashed 42 episodic fountaining events, each typically lasting a day or less, separated by ...

Peak fountain heights were at 1,300 ft. for the south vent and 1,000 ft. for the north vent, with the plume reaching 35,000 ...

Kīlauea volcano in Hawaiʻi Island erupted dramatically, sending lava fountains reaching 1,300 feet high. This event marked ...

The latest episode of Kilauea's ongoing eruption lasted more than nine hours, with the volcano's South Vent Fountain reaching as high as 1,300 feet.

Most webcams used by the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory take a snapshot every few minutes to conserve bandwidth, but three webcams are currently “livestreaming” — meaning they transmit real-time ...

When referred to as a gas, it means a volatile has transitioned into the vapor phase. The most common gases (or vapor phase volatiles) emitted at the surface are water (H2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), and ...

This is the 23rd episode of the ongoing eruption from the Halemaumau crater, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Dozens of people have died, hundreds are missing and many more homes were destroyed after separate volcanic eruptions in ...