Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park

Markus Mars sat down with The Conversation’s DW Gibson to talk about the experience of composing his new album, "Pele's Fire," at the edge of an active volcano.

The lava flows remained quiet at Kīlauea on Tuesday morning, but recent spectacular eruptions have highlighted a new challenge. As the summer visitor season gets into full swing, changes are on the way to solve traffic gridlock. HPR contributor Betsy Brown has more from Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park on the Big Island.

The Uēkahuna observation deck at Kīlauea volcano's summit has reopened following damage from earthquakes and eruptions in 2018.

The eruption that began Dec. 23 resumed Monday, preceded by small, sporadic spatter fountains that continued to increase in intensity to reach "sustained fountaining," the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said. It paused again Tuesday morning.

Officials at Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park are bracing for crowds eager to get a glimpse of lava fountaining from an eruption. The eruption began last month in a crater at the summit of Kilauea volcano and has paused periodically.

After a three-month pause, Kīlauea started erupting again on Dec. 23. The on-again-off-again eruption has delighted parkgoers. The Conversation talked to Jessica Ferracane from Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park about what people should expect when they visit the park to see the volcanoes.

Increased earthquake activity began at about 2 a.m. and within about half an hour webcam images began to show lava emerging through fissures in the caldera or spurting in fountains. The eruption slowed significantly between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. and appears to be paused.

About two months before Maunaloa spewed lava, geologists detected small earthquakes nearby and other signals. Now a study of the volcano’s lava confirms that molten rock within Earth's crust was rising upward about 70 days before the eruption in late November 2022.

Snow has fallen on Hawaiʻi's tallest peak, briefly turning the mountaintop into a winter wonderland. The summit area of Maunakea on Hawaiʻi Island got about 2 inches of white powder this week.

Kīlauea, one of the most active volcanoes in the world, was spotted erupting this week in a remote area of Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park.