It measured about 4,300 feet (1,300 meters) wide. The lava lake, covering the crater floor over lava that remained from previous eruptions, measured about 371 acres (150 hectares) at about 6 a.m., Zoeller said. There’s several areas of pretty robust fountaining.
“Kilauea overlook was spectacular this morning," she said of the vast lava lake. She said park officials are bracing for crowds to arrive because visitors can see the eruption from many overlooks. “So that’s the way we like our eruptions here.” So plenty of room for it still to produce more without threatening any homes or infrastructure,” said park spokesperson Jessica Ferracane. “The lava this morning is all confined within. “There’s no reason to expect this to transition into a rift eruption that would threaten any communities here on the island with lava flows or anything like that.”Īll activity was within a closed area of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. “We’re not seeing any signs of activity out on the rift zones right now,” said Mike Zoeller, a geologist with the observatory.
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