The US hosts two of the world’s most famous volcanic systems: Yellowstone and Hawaiʻi. These systems a well known for producing large volumes of magma through time and leaving chains of volcanic features in their wake, although they do so in very different ways.
Kīlauea volcano at Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park resumed eruptions Wednesday with what was described as a small lava flow followed by "low-level continuous lava spattering."
Countless fissures, some tossing fountains of molten rock skyward, kicked off the latest eruption of Kīlauea volcano at Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park early Monday.
Take a helicopter ride over active volcanics in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park and you might just see a bright "eye" of lava looking at you through a lava "skylight" - an opening in the roof of a lava tube through which red-hot lava is flowing. You can learn about volcanic terms you might come across during a visit to this national park by reading this Hawai'i Volcanoes Primer.
Increased seismic activity below Kīlauea volcano at Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park has prompted closure of the Chain of Craters Road and some other areas of the park.