BREAKING NEWS: Spectacular Lava Eruption Captured from One of the World’s Most Active Volcanoes.giang

This is the incredible moment when lava erupts from one of the world’s most active volcanoes.

Bubbling magma could be seen inside Kilauea on Hawaii’s Big Island after its crust became awash with molten rocks and flames on Monday. The eruption was mostly confined to the volcano’s summit, or caldera, in a remote and closed area of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, the Hawaii Volcano Observatory reported.

Increased earthquake activity had begun at about 2am. Just half an hour later, webcam images began to show lava emerging through fissures in the caldera. The most immediate threat was from volcanic smog that could reach homes downwind, the observatory said, according to AP.

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Such “vog” contains sulfur dioxide and can worsen symptoms for people who have conditions like asthma, other respiratory issues or cardiovascular disease. The area where the eruption has occurred has been closed to the public since 2007 due to hazards that include crater wall instability, ground cracking and rockfalls.

A spokesperson from the United States Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said their field crews had collected samples of “frothy, gas-rich pumice” yesterday. This was brought to a laboratory where its composition and evolution will be studied as part of the team’s “rapid geochemical analysis” process.

The agency said that the eruption has since stabilized within the crater. They added: “There are no immediate threats to infrastructure.” Their spokesperson added last night on Facebook: “Lava has covered approximately 650 acres, including all of Halema’uma’u and most of the adjacent downdropped block. The lava is estimated to be about 1 yard (1 meter) thick, giving an estimated average effusion rate of 110 cubic yards per second (85 cubic meters per second) for the first 8 hours of the eruption.

“Nearby monitoring stations estimated over 100,000 tonnes of SO2 per day around 8:00 am and decreasing by half in the early afternoon. These estimates are similar to values measured in the early stages of previous summit eruptions in the past 4 years.”

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park encompasses the summits of two of the world’s most active volcanoes: Kilauea and Mauna Loa. Kilauea also erupted in June and September.