00:00Lava fountains taller than the Eiffel Tower just erupted from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano.
00:05And yes, it was all caught on camera.
00:07At 11.30 p.m. Thursday night, Kilauea began rumbling again.
00:11What started as small lava bursts quickly turned into a fiery show.
00:15By 1.40 a.m., lava was shooting over 1,000 feet into the sky.
00:20That's nearly as tall as the Empire State Building.
00:23And the eruption didn't stop there.
00:25A volcanic cloud soared 15,000 feet into the air.
00:28Filled with volcanic glass called Pele's hair and chunks of tephra rock,
00:32these particles can travel miles downwind.
00:35Posing risks far from the eruption site,
00:38cameras caught 800-foot fountains continuing to blast,
00:41feeding a lava flow that luckily stayed inside the volcano's crater.
00:45This marked Kilauea's 26th lava fountain episode since December.
00:49And while most last less than a day, the intensity never fails to stun.
00:53With six active volcanoes in Hawaii and live streams rolling 24-7,
00:58Kilauea is once again proving why it's one of the most powerful shows on Earth.
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