United States Geological Survey (USGS)/M. Patrick:: The Kilauea volcano spews lava fountains as high as 650 feet on TuesdayIn aerial footage captured on Tuesday at approximately noon, during a U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (USGS) Hawaiian Volcano Observatory monitoring flight,

Geologists say Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano shot lava as high as 1,000 feet into the air during its most recent eruptive episode.

Scientists at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said that the high fountain phase of “episode 16” had begun as of 10:24 a.m., about 12 hours after the start of the eruption.