After a pause in activity that began in early December, the Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s big island began erupting once again on Thursday, sending forth bursts of lava and volcanic smog.
The new activity started in the caldera in the Halema’uma’u crater. During the initial eruption, lava burst up to 164 feet up in the air in multiple spouts. Numerous spouts reached 98 feet high, with the largest fountain of lava maintaining a consistent height of 32 feet, according to the U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.
“This is a resumption of the activity that started about a month ago.