Kilauea resumed erupting, shooting lava arcs about 100 feet (30 meters) into the air across part of its summit crater floor. The event was the volcano's 31st display since December, with the north vent spattering in the morning, overflowing later, and producing lava fountains in the afternoon. The eruption stayed within Halemaumau summit crater and threatened no homes. Visitors at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park had close views while many more watched on USGS livestreams. Park Service volunteer Janice Wei said the fountains sounded like a roaring jet engine and she could feel heat from over a mile away. A lower magma chamber is receiving magma at about 5 cubic yards per second, forcing magma upward through existing cracks.
Whenever she gets word the lava is back, Park Service volunteer Janice Wei hustles to shoot photos and videos of Halemaumau Crater which Native Hawaiian tradition says is the home to the volcano goddess Pele. She said that when the molten rock shoots high like a fountain, it sounds like a roaring jet engine or crashing ocean waves. She can feel its heat from over a mile away.
A lower magma chamber under Halemaumau Crater is receiving magma directly from the earth's interior at about 5 cubic yards (3.8 cubic meters) per second, said Ken Hon, scientist-in-charge at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. This blows the chamber up like a balloon and forces magma into an upper chamber. From there it gets pushed above ground through cracks. Magma has been using the same pathway
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