Lava fountains surged as the Kilauea volcano erupted in Hawaii. Dramatic footage shows lava and molten rocks bursting through a narrow notch in the cone wall within the crater, 164 ft (50 m) into the air on February 4.

M. PATRICK / U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Lava spewed out of the northern vent at Kilauea’s summit Tuesday morning. M. PATRICK / U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Lava spewed out of the northern vent at Kilauea’s summit Tuesday morning.

A tall fountain of lava is spewing from a volcano on Hawaii's Big Island. A webcam on Tuesday shows vigorous streams of red lava in the latest episode of an eruption that has paused and resumed.

Kīlauea’s ongoing eruption within Hawaii Volcanoes National Park continued this morning with vigorous lava fountains reaching heights of up to 160 feet from the north vent and 115 feet from the south vent,

Episode seven of the ongoing Halemaumau eruption began at 6:42 p.m. and is currently feeding a small flow on the crater floor, according to the U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. Lava fountains are 10- to 20-feet high and this episode is likely to last 10 to 20 hours, scientists said.

The Kilauea volcano on Hawaii has erupted. The lava fountains on Big Island reached a height of over 70 meters.