The Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island sprang to life yet again this week with a Tuesday morning eruption that shot lava more than 300 feet in the air.
The latest incident started at about 10:16 a.m. when the vents began pouring the molten rock onto the floor of Halemaumau Crater, according to CBS News.
A half-hour later, lava burst out of a vent in the volcano’s summit crater with tremendous power, hitting heights of about 330 feet.
Known as one of the world’s most lively volcanoes, Kilauea has been belching a stream of lava in eruptions inside Hawaii Volcanoes National Park since Dec. 23.
By early Wednesday, fountains were consistently spraying as high as 200 feet, the outlet added.
“Current hazards include volcanic gas emissions and windblown volcanic glass (Pele’s Hair) that may impact Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park and nearby communities,” the U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said in a statement.
The eruption — the ninth since the volcano’s awakening late last year — hasn’t threatened any people or neighborhoods, the outlet said.
Earlier episodes lasted between 13 hours and eight days, including a spectacular 26-hour eruption captured by live cameras posted at the summit.
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