Episode 13 fountaining at Kīlauea summit

On the morning of March 11, the north vent was producing lava fountains about 50 meters (160 feet) high, with fountaining emerging from a small, sloshing pond held within the walls of the north vent cone. The pond can be seen in the lower left portion of the photo, as well as the lava spillway which exits through a notch in the cone that is obscured in this view. USGS photo by M. Patrick.