Hydropower from a new dam just outside the park has allowed ... The 10,033-foot peak, with a new lava lake in its caldera, erupts roughly every two years. In the foreground is a sulfur deposit ...

The mountain developed from 250,000 years ago with a combination of lava and pyroclastic flows. There was a large collapse and eruption (make that very large) some 15,000 years ago (the age is not ...

Scientists are bracing for high lava fountains in the latest episode of an ongoing eruption of Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano.

Lava fountaining within Kilauea’s summit caldera has stopped after just after 7 hours today. The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said that “episode 14” of the ongoing eruption ended at 1:49 p.m ...

The lava has remained inside the volcano's summit caldera and within the park, and no residential areas have been threatened, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.Kilauea's latest eruption ...

The eruption restarted at midday when molten rock began pouring out of a vent in Kilauea’s summit caldera, the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said in a statement. The lava was contained within the ...

Kilauea began continuously releasing lava from its summit caldera inside Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on Wednesday morning after a weeklong pause, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The molten ...