The Hawaii Vulcano has been breaking out on December 31st since December. Here is what we know

The Kilauea volcano from Hawaii broke out again by shooting an arc of 30 meters (30 meters) and over a section of its summit crater soil.

This marks Kilauas 31st Display from Molten Rock since December, a reasonable high frequency for one of the most active volcanoes in the world.

The outbreak began with continuous splashes from northern ventilation in the summit crater in the morning, which led to an overflow of melted rock within a few hours. In the afternoon, the ventilation actively turned lava stains.

The outbreak was contained in the summit crater and no houses were threatened.

Some happy residents and visitors have a look at the city center in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. If the past is a guide, hundreds of thousands will observe other popular live streams, which are made possible by three camera hinges that have been set up by the US Geological Survey.

Whenever she gets the news that the lava is back, Park Service, Janice Weistles, is the volunteer to shoot photos and videos from Halemumau Crater – the local Hawaiian tradition is the home of the volcanic god Pele. She said that when the melted skirt shoots up like a fountain, it sounds like a roaring jet engine or a crashing ocean case.

“Every outbreak feels me as if I were sitting in the front row in the most extraordinary show of nature,” said Wei.

Kilauea is located in Hawaii Island, the largest of the Hawaiian archipelago. It is about 320 kilometers south of the largest city in the state, Honolulu, which is located on Oahu.

Here is what you should know about Kilauea’s latest outbreak:

Highly towering fountain of melted rock

A lower magma chamber under Halemaumau crater receives Magma directly from the interior of the earth in about 5 cubic meters per second (3.8 cubic meters) per second, said Ken Hon, scientist in the Hawaiian volcanic service. This blows the chamber up like a balloon and forces Magma into an upper chamber. From there it is pressed through cracks over the floor.

Magma has been using the same way since December to climb the surface, which the first publication and the subsequent episodes perform part of the same outbreak, said Hon.

Many have lava in the air, in some cases more than 1,000 feet (300 meters). The wells are partially generated because Magma – the gases that are released during the ascent – have traveled to the surface by narrow, pipelical ventilation slots.

The expanding magma supply is covered by heavier magma, which has excluded its gas at the end of the previous episode. Finally, enough new magma accumulates to force the de -fitted magma, and the magma shoots out like a champagne bottle that was shaken before the cork appeared.

This is the fourth time in 200 years that Kilauea has turned lava stains into the air in repeated episodes. The last time Kilauea followed this pattern, there were more episodes: the outbreak that started in 1983 started with 44 sessions with a shooting fountain. However, these were distributed over three years. And the wells appeared in a remote area so that only a few could watch.

The other two occurred in 1959 and 1969.

Prediction of Kilaua’s future

Scientists do not know how the current outbreak will end or how it can change. In 1983 Magma built enough pressure that Kilauea opened ventilation at a lower height and continuously escaped from there, instead of regularly getting out of a higher height. The outbreak continued in various forms for three decades and ended in 2018.

Something similar could happen again. Or the current outbreak could stop at the summit instead if his magma spends Peters.

Scientists can appreciate a few days or even a week in advance if Lava probably creates the earthquakes and tiny changes in the base angle with the help of sensors around the volcano, which indicates when maga inflated or no longer applies.

“Our work is like a bunch of ants that crawl on an elephant who tries to find out how the elephant works,” said Hon.

The lava stains have been shorter lately. Steve Lundblad, a university of Hawaii at Hilo Geology Professor, said that ventilation may have become wider and put melted rock under less pressure.

“We will still have spectacular eruptions,” he said. “You will just be wider and not so high.”

Wear stories of Pele

Some people may see lava flows as destructive. But Huihui Kanahele-Mossman, the managing director of the Edith Kanakaʻole Foundation, said that Lava was a natural resource that is hardening in land and forms the basis for everything in Hawaii Island.

Kanahele-Mossman’s non-profit organization is named after her grandmother, the respected practitioner of the Hawaiian language and culture and founder of a well-known Hula Halau or school. Hālau o Kekuhi is celebrated for his mastery of a Hula style, which is rooted in the stories of Pele and her sister Hiʻiaka.

Kanahele-Mossman has visited the crater a few times since the beginning of the outbreak. At first she observes awe and awe. But then she observes more details so that you go home and you can compare you in the centuries -old stories that do your school with the lava. During the crater, she also delivers a vocals prepared in advance and creates offerings. She recently presented AWA, a drink from Kava and a far.

“You as a dancer, you are the storyteller and you wear this story that was written in this mele striker,” she said, using the Hawaiian word for song. “In order to actually see this eruption described in the Mele, we are always exciting and motivated us to stay in this tradition.”

Visit the volcano

So far, the parking visit has increased every eight months of the year, partly because of the outbreak. In April there were 49 percent more visitors than in the same month 2024.

The parking spokesman Jessica Ferracane found that the last several episodes only took about 10 to 12 hours. Those who want to go should register notifications for the US Geological Survey Alert because the outbreak could be over before they know, she said.

She warned that visitors should remain in marked paths and overview traces, since unstable cliff edges and cracks in the earth may not be immediately apparent, and the fall could lead to serious injuries or deaths. Small children should be kept nearby.

Vulkangas, glass and ashes can also be dangerous. Night visitors should bring a flashlight.