After three months of quiet, Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano began erupting on December 23. The USGS says it spewed lava as high as 300 feet, drawing packed crowds to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.
Kilauea was erupting within Halemaʻumaʻu crater in the summit caldera, within a closed area of Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, as of 6:30 a.m. local time, after it first erupted around 2:00 a.m.