An Eruption from Beginning to End

We really wanted to see an eruption.

Episode 9 of the Dec 2024 eruption of Kilauea fountains from two vents on 11 Feb 2025
Episode 9 of the Dec 2024 eruption of Kilauea fountains from two vents on 11 Feb 2025

The ongoing eruption of Kilauea has been an off and on affair, starting and stopping every few days since this eruptive sequence started just before Christmas. The last few cycles had been more off than on, going several days or a week with no lava visible. While the lava fountains have been short lived, just 13 to 20 hours.

To be sure I was not totally without, I had made the run across island on Jan 16th to see episode 4 of the current eruption, but my parents had not witnessed lava for many years, their annual winter visits not overlapping with an eruption.

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