A tall fountain of lava is spewing from a volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island again. Webcam video from Tuesday shows vigorous streams of glowing-red molten rock in the latest episode of an on-and-off eruption.

Lava fountains from a Hawaii volcano reached heights of 600 feet (180 meters) during the latest episode of an eruption that has been pausing and resuming for several months. Fountains dropped in height 250 feet (80 meters) to 300 feet (90 meters) on Tuesday night,

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano has been erupting since December 23, 2024. But, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), lava fountains reached up to 600 feet high on Tuesday. The organization says this episode — number 12 — actually began earlier in the day with a small,

Fountains dropped in height 250 feet (80 meters) to 300 feet (90 meters) on Tuesday night, according to the Hawaii Volcano Observatory. On Wednesday morning, a webcam still showed tall bursts of fiery red lava and billowing smoke.

This is the spectacular moment lava fountains erupted from Kilauea volcano in Hawaii. Dramatic footage captures the fiery eruption, with molten rock spurting from the Halema'uma'u crater on Wednesday,

The eruption began on December 23 in a crater at the summit of Kilauea, one of the world’s most active volcanoes.