[Rockhounds] ‘The floor is lava’ again: New fountain erupts, beginning 6th episode of activity in Kīlauea summit

[Kreigh Tomaszewski]

“The floor is lava,” proclaimed Willaim W in the live chat as more than 400
people watched shortly after midnight Jan. 25 while lava once again
fountained from the north vent in the southwest portion of Halema’uma’u
Crater within Kaluapele, the summit caldera, of Kīlauea.

Episode 6 of the Big Island volcano’s latest eruption, which began the week
of Christmas 2024, is underway as lava flows onto the crater floor from a
geiser that started at about 11:28 p.m. Jan. 24.

Lava was fountaining to between 10 and 20 feet high within about 2 hours
after Hawaiian Volcano Observatory reported spattering that kicked off at
about 6 p.m. Jan. 24 increased to spatter fountaining and spiked in
frequency and intensity.

https://bigislandnow.com/2025/01/25/the-floor-is-lava-again-new-lava-fountain-erupts-beginning-6th-episode-of-activity-in-kilauea-summit/