Kilauea volcano (Hawai'i): resumption of lava fountaining
Wed, 13 Jan 2021, 07:49
07:49 AM | BY: MARTIN
Lava fountains from western fissure vent at Kilauea volcano on 11 January (image: HVO)
The active west fissure is visible at left, several floating islands within the lake remain active (image: HVO)
Spatter cone formed around the fountaining vent (image: HVO)
The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) reported that over the past few days, the western fissure vent within Halema‘uma‘u has escalated from weak spattering to continuous fountaining supplying lava to an open channel that was pouring into the lava lake. A spatter cone has built around both the fountaining vent and its turbulent outflow channel down to the lava lake.
The current lava lake depth is about 196 m (643 ft) with the floating islands inside.
Gas emissions and seismicity remain elevated.
Source: Hawaiian Volcano Observatory volcano activity update 13 January 2021
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