#kilauea

#kilauea

The latest lava blast started early Tuesday morning and lasted over 13 hours before suddenly stopping at 2:01am ET (8:01pm in Hawaii). During that time, lava shot up as high as 500 feet into the air, with the smoky cloud rising up to 10,000 feet above Hawaii's Big Island. This eruption produced a huge amount of lava, covering 40 to 50 percent of the bowl-shaped crater at the summit of Kilauea called Halemaʻumaʻu.

Kilauea volcano is expected to erupt again as it one of the most active volcanoes worldwide. This will mark the 31st eruption since December.