Snowshoeing on Kīlauea? High fountain episodes pose new challenges to monitoring - Features | Hawaii Tribune-Herald

Another explosive episode of Kilauea’s volcanic activity came and went Wednesday after Episode 28 of the ongoing eruption in Halemaumau Crater saw eight hours of high fountaining.

Lava is spewing roughly 1,200 feet into the air at Mount Kilauea. You can watch live above. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) says there

KILAUEA (HawaiiNewsNow) - Episode 28 of the of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption began at around 4:10 a.m. HST on Wednesday, July 9. Lava fountains are actively spewing upward of 150 feet into the air. Past episodes have produced lava fountains reaching 1,000 feet in the air.

Essentially, gas pistoning is a shallow, degassing-driven rise and fall of a lava surface. Often these pistons occur in narrow conduits — although they can happen in larger lava lakes and even in lava channels — and in bunches, as part of a series.

Volcanoes are rumbling as scientists monitor earthquakes at Washington's Mount Rainier and Alaska's Iliamna volcano.

A new eruption started early this morning at Halemaʻumaʻu Crater in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park. Episode 28 of the ongoing volcanic<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More

Essentially, gas pistoning is a shallow, degassing-driven rise and fall of a lava surface. Often these pistons occur in narrow conduits—although they can happen in larger lava lakes and even in lava channels—and in bunches, as part of a series.

A man proposed to his longtime girlfriend in front of Hawaii’s erupting Kilauea volcano, creating a breathtaking and viral moment. The photos, shared on Instagram, captured the fiery backdrop and the couple’s emotional embrace.

Watch live view of Kilauea, Hawaii’s most active volcano. The volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii has been erupting on-and-off since December.

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory field engineers on July 10, 2025, visited monitoring stations downwind of the Kīlauea summit eruptive vents. They wore snowshoes, as the large footprint keeps the field engineers walking on top of the frothy pumice everywhere instead of sinking through it. (Photo Courtesy: US Geological Survey/M.Warren)

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) shows lava fountains shooting up high in the latest episode of an ongoing eruption of Kilauea volcano inside Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on Wednesday, June 11,