June 7, 2023 — Video of eruption onset in Halemaʻumaʻu

The B1cam webcam on the east rim of Halemaʻumaʻu crater captured the opening of the eastern eruptive vent in the first hour of the new Kīlauea summit eruption on June 7, 2023. The video shows a brief pulse of gas before lava blasts apart a section of the crater floor when fountaining begins. Lava flows from more distant eruptive vents are spreading in the foreground.