Yesterday, Hawaii's Kilauea volcano produced a series of record setting 1,600 foot high sustained lava fountains! But, because the associated eruption plume rose to such substantial heights, it caused tephra to rain down on many nearby communities, some as far as 25 miles away. A dozen flights were cancelled, roads were closed, and the entire summit area of Kilauea within Hawaii Volcanoes National Park was temporarily closed. This was unusual, representing episode 41 of Kilauea's intermittent broader eruption which began about 1 year ago. Today's video is analyzed by a geologist and volcanologist. Thumbnail Photo Credit: TwoPineapples, YouTube.com/TwoPineapples, Used with Permission A special thanks to the TwoPineapples YouTube channel. Channel link: YouTube.com/@TwoPineapples If you would like to support this channel, consider using one of the following links: (Patreon: http://patreon.com/geologyhub) (YouTube membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYeGh5VML5XPr5jYnzh3J6g/join) (Gemstone & Mineral Etsy store: http://prospectingarizona.etsy.com) (GeologyHub Merch Etsy store: http://geologyhub.etsy.com) Google Earth imagery used in this video: ©Google & Data Providers This video is protected under "fair use". If you see an image and/or video which is your own in this video, and/or think my discussion of a scientific paper (and/or discussion/mentioning of the data/information within a scientific paper) does not fall under the fair use doctrine, and wish for it to be censored or removed, contact me by email at [email protected] and I will make the necessary changes. Various licenses used in sections of this video (not the entire video, this video as a whole does not completely fall under one of these licenses) and/or in this video's thumbnail image (and this list does not include every license used in this video and/or thumbnail image): Public Domain: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ CC BY 2.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/legalcode Sources/Citations: [1] U.S. Geological Survey [2] Hawaiian Volcano Observatory 0:00 1,600 Ft Lava Fountains 1:12 Tephra Fall 2:44 Eruption Patterns 4:42 Eruption Timeline