The latest eruption at Halemaʻumaʻu Crater began at 6:42 p.m. HST on January 27, sending lava fountains onto the crater floor through the night. Timelapse footage from the KWcam, positioned on the west caldera rim,

The eruption that began Dec. 23 resumed Monday, preceded by small, sporadic spatter fountains that continued to increase in intensity to reach "sustained fountaining," the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said.

Episode 7 of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption at Kīlauea began at 6:41 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 27 and is currently feeding a lava flow onto the crater floor.

The Kilauea volcano at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park is spewing lava once again, the seventh recorded episode in recent weeks. The eruption that began Dec. 23 in a crater at Kilauea's summit has paused periodically.

This U.S. Geological Survey web camera view this morning shows lava flowing during the seventh lava-fountaining episode of the on-again, off-again eruption that began on Dec. 23. Kilauea is erupting again in Halemaumau crater.