Night video captures Kilauea volcano's violent eruption
Lava from Hawaii's erupting Kilauea volcano lit up the night on Tuesday, in a video released by the Hawaii Army National Guard.
Kilauea's 19-day eruption showed no sign of easing, with repeated explosions at its summit and fountains of lava up to 50 meters from giant cracks or fissures on its flank.
Workers at the closed Puna Geothermal Venture, which provided around 25 percent of electricity on Hawaii's Big Island, worked to cap the last of three pressurized wells to reduce the risk of an uncontrolled release of toxic gases should they be inundated by lava.
An explosive eruption at the Kilauea summit at 3:45 a.m. (9:45 a.m. EST) sent ash to a height of 2,438 meters over Hawaii's Big Island, civil defense said. Communities southwest of the summit were dusted with ash, according to National Weather Service meteorologist John Bravender.
Source: Reuters
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