Something strange and unusual is occurring at Kilauea. It should have in theory produced hours long tall lava fountains by now, yet, it hasn't. Almost as if the volcano is stalled close to such an eruptive episode. Today's video will discuss the Kilauea volcano's recent activity, and the fact that two new vents opened up north of its summit vent. Thankfully, all of this occurred completely within Kilauea's summit caldera. Do note that the "unusual" nature of Kilauea's current activity is specifically that it should have produced another lava fountaining episode by now, and appears "very close to lava fountaining". It has remained in that state for multiple days, causing two new vents to form and one older summit vent to reactivate. Thumbnail Photo Credit: Frame grab from a video by U.S. Geological Survey, posted on YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9-oSpYpubg, Public Domain. The image's text, image border & GeologyHub logo do not fall under the public domain. 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/ Sources/Citations: [1] U.S. Geological Survey [2] Hawaiian Volcano Observatory 0:00 Unusual Kilauea Activity 1:54 Summit Tiltmeter 2:24 New Vents 4:20 Decreasing Magma Supply