Mar 30, 2025
One of the greatest shows on Earth has been going on now for
several months in Hawaii, where the Kīlauea volcano at Hawai’i
Volcanoes National Park has been erupting since late December. The
Kīlauea volcano is the most active volcano on Earth. It’s also a
relatively safe volcano in that it spends most of its time
simmering and bubbling without any spectacularly explosive
eruptions. But lately it has been putting on some incredible shows
of lava fountains, with one glowing string of magma soaring about
1,000 feet in the air, a truly spectacular sight to see.
To understand what’s going on with Kīlauea and what danger it
poses, we’re joined today by Matt Patrick, a research geologist
with the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.