WATCH: 'Record high' lava fountains seen at Hawaii's Kilauea volcano in latest eruption

Published on 18/10/2025 - 15:38 GMT+2

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano has been shooting caller fountains of lava from its acme crater.

The eruptions, which person been taking spot astatine semiregular intervals since precocious past year, person been delighting residents, visitors and online viewers alike pinch a occurrence hose of molten rock.

The latest section began connected Friday and was nan volcano's 35th section since December 2024.

Scientists judge they are each portion of nan aforesaid eruption because magma has been pursuing nan aforesaid pathway to nan surface.

Fountains from nan southbound vent astatine Kilauea's acme crater soared astir 500 metres into nan aerial - that's taller than New York's Empire State Building.

The US Geological Survey (USGS) shared that these fountains would beryllium "the highest azygous fountain and highest brace of fountains seen during this eruption."

The plume of state supra nan fountains extended to complete 5,000 metres supra crushed level, nan USGS added.

Most episodes of nan eruption since December person continued for astir a time aliases little and person been separated by pauses successful eruptive activity lasting astatine slightest respective days.