Here are some other views of Kīlauea summit eruption lava fountaining episode 38 in Halema‘uma‘u crater on the Island of Hawai‘i, and answers to some of your questions about this activity. This eruptive episode began from the north vent at about 8:45 am HST this morning, December 6. Smaller fountains began from the south vent at 8:49 am HST and quickly grew to over 1000 feet (300 meters) high and inclined to the south, towards a closed area of Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park. At 9:55 a.m., hot t

TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT: Boaters who were sailing off Messina, Sicily, got a close-up look at Stromboli island’s volcano erupting. The plume from the eruption extended more than one mile high, Italy’s National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology said. | News 5 Cleveland