VIDEO: New footage captures lava activity at two vents inside Kilauea

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This USGS video, taken Monday and posted today, shows the two main vents active at the western fissure in Halema‘uma‘u crater at Kilauea volcano’s summit, with both supplying lava to the lava lake. Low fountaining was present at each vent.

The lava lake was 663 feet deep as of today.

The latest eruption of Kilauea began Dec. 20, 2020.