Hawaii's youngest and most active volcano, Kilauea, has been erupting lava for decades, adding hundreds of acres to the ...

Kilauea, located about 200 miles (320 kilometers) southeast of Honolulu, is one of five volcanoes that make up the Big Island of Hawaii. The volcano's summit is about 4,091 feet (1,247 meters) above ...

Its volcanoes also extend further south into Antarctica. "Three out of every four live volcanoes on Earth are here,” says National Geographic. “Almost all earthquakes happen here, too." ...

Fountains dropped in height 250 feet (80 meters) to 300 feet (90 meters) on Tuesday night, according to the Hawaii Volcano Observatory. On Wednesday morning, a webcam still showed tall bursts of fiery ...

including a spectacular 26-hour eruption captured by live cameras posted at the summit. Park Rangers watch a massive gas plume caused by lava fountaining from the northern vent of the volcano.

Tuesday was the eruption's 12th episode. What began in the morning with sporadic, small flows became continuous fountaining in the afternoon, the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said. They reached 150 to ...

Kilauea volcano began erupting and shooting lava ... put on a brief spectacular show with a 26-hour eruption, with live cameras showing a mixture of volcanic gas emissions and steam from the ...