Hawaii's Kilauea volcano has erupted, creating a "beautiful" lava glow in the sky and video footage shows the eruption unfolding, up close. The eruption began at around 12:30 a.m.
on Monday June 3, 2024, a statement from the Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park reported. This eruption followed an reported at the subsurface of the volcano in previous days. The is one of the most active on Earth, so eruptions are not unusual.
It has been erupting frequently since 1983, although most have been confined to the crater, so they typically do not pose a danger to surrounding communities. However, this eruption is notable as the fissure involved has not experienced one since 1974. It is located in a very remote area around 2.
5 miles southwest of the caldera—the large depression that occurs when a volcano erupts and collapses. Helicopter footage flying by the volcano, posted by U.S.
Geological Survey Volcanoes, showed lava fountaining from 0.5-mile-long fissures and volcanic gases "blowing downwind." Footage posted by the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmospherealso shows the eruption from space.
"The eruption is entirely within Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park and poses no threat to the community at this time," the statement read. However the park warned that due to the "remote and unpredictable nature of the fissure eruption," several areas of the park are closed as a precaution. "Park rangers and scientists with the U.
S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory continu.