Kilauea Volcano Eruption Update; Ongoing Lavafall, 138 Acres Covered by Lava

A river of lava today cascaded down a cliff in Hawaii, creating a 50 meter or 164 foot high lavafall. This is occurring during day 5 of Kilauea’s east rift zone flank eruption, which so far has covered 138 acres in a layer of lava. The lava has largely inundated Napau Crater, whose origins this video will partially discuss in detail along with discuss the ongoing eruption from the opinion of a geologist and volcanologist. Thumbnail Photo Credit: M. Zoeller, U.S. Geological Survey, Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, Public Domain, If you would like to support this channel, consider using one of the following links: (Patreon: ) (YouTube membership: ) (Gemstone & Mineral Etsy store: ) (GeologyHub Merch Etsy store: ) Google Earth imagery used in this video: ©Google & Data Providers This video is protected under “fair use“. If you see an image and/or video which is your own in this video, and/or think my discussion of a scientific paper (and/or discussion/mentioning of the data/information within a scientific paper) does not fall under the fair use doctrine, and wish for it to be censored or removed, contact me by email at geologyhubyt@ and I will make the necessary changes. Various licenses used in sections of this video (not the entire video, this video as a whole does not completely fall under one of these licenses) and/or in this video’s thumbnail image (and this list does not include every license used in this video and/or thumbnail image): Public Domain: Sources/Citations: [1] U.S. Geological Survey [2] Hawaiian Volcano Observatory [3] . Denver Library Photographic Collection 0:00 Kilauea Lavafall 1:10 Lava Field Expansion 2:10 Pit Craters 3:51 Lava Shields