Lava fountains, whirlwind documented at Kilauea eruption
The eruption began at 4:44 a.m. Wednesday within Halemaumau crater and is attracting thousands of sight-seers to the park on the southeast side of the Big Island.
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A view from the B1cam webcam located on the down-dropped block west of Halemaʻumaʻu crater shows lava fountains at the Kīlauea summit, Wednesday, June 7.3/8
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A telephoto view of a lava fountain in the east side of the lava lake within Halema‘uma‘u. This photo was taken during a helicopter overflight over 8 hours after the Kīlauea summit eruption within Halema‘uma‘u started on Wednesday, June 7.4/8
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A Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientist monitors the ongoing Kīlauea summit eruption from within an area of Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park, Wednesday, June 7.5/8
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A view across the Halemaʻumaʻu crater floor, at one of the new vents that began erupting on Wednesday, June 7.6/8
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A wind vortex, or whirlwind, is above the eruption site in Halema‘uma‘u crater at the summit of Kīlauea, Wednesday, June 7.7/8
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A Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientist monitors the ongoing Kīlauea summit eruption from within an area of Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park, Wednesday, June 7.8/8
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USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory geologists collected samples erupted on Wednesday, June 7, during the new eruption within Halemaʻumaʻu crater.
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