Kilauea Erupts As Towering Lava Fountains Light Up Hawaii Volcano

Episode 51 of lava fountaining at the summit of Kīlauea lasted for about eight hours on July 15, 2026.

A timelapse video captured the entire eruption from the V3cam positioned on the southern rim of Halemaʻumaʻu crater inside Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park.

The camera used to record the event is a pan-tilt-zoom model, causing the viewing angle to change several times throughout the timelapse as the lava fountains continued during the eruption.