Kilauea volcano eruption in Hawaii Watch live as lava fountains from a Hawaii volcano reached heights of 600 feet during the latest episode of an eruption that has been pausing and resuming for several months.

KILAUEA, Hawaii (Island News) – As of 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday morning, eruption episode 12 at Kilauea Volcano has started in the Halema’uma’u caldera. According to the US Geological Survey (USGS), lava began erupting from the south vent but no lava is visible within the north vent at this time.

Incredible footage of the Kilauea Volcano shows lava shooting over 600 feet into the air earlier this week on Tuesday evening. These are the largest eruptions seen in over 11 episodes since Kilauea first came back to life on December 23rd.

The USGS said lava fountains from the north vent reached a maximum height of between 500 and 600 feet before they started to decrease.

Lava fountains from the north vent have reached 300 to 400 feet, feeding multiple lava streams onto the crater floor between 8:22 and 9:05 p.m. Scientists reported that as of 8:45 p.m., less than 10% of the crater was covered with new lava flows.

Kilauea, one of the world's most active volcanoes, has been erupting on and off for nearly two months since it burst to life on Dec. 23. The eruption has been taking place at the volcano's summit crater inside Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. No residential areas have been threatened by lava.

Lava fountains from a Hawaii volcano reached heights of 600 feet (180 meters) during the latest episode of an eruption that has been pausing and resuming for several months. Fountains dropped in height 250 feet (80 meters) to 300 feet (90 meters) on Tuesday night,

The eruption began on December 23 in a crater at the summit of Kilauea, one of the world’s most active volcanoes.

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano spews lava again Watch live view of Mount Kilauea erupting in Hawaii as lava shoots into the sky in tall fountains that were expected to grow even bigger as part of an off-and-on eruption.