Kilauea, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, begins erupting after 3 month pause

  By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher And Mark Thiessen THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HONOLULU (AP) _ Kilauea, one of the most active volcanoes in the world, began erupting on Wednesday after a three-month pause, displaying spectacular fountains of mesmerizing, glowing lava that’s a safe distance from people and structures in a national park on the Big Island. The U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said in a statement that a glow was detected in webcam images from Kilauea’s summit early in the morning, indicating that an eruption was occurring within the Halemaumau crater in the summit caldera. The images show fissures at the base of the crater generating lava flows on the crater floor’s surface, the observatory said. Before issu \ng the eruption notice, the observatory said increased earthquake activity and changes…

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