Kīlauea Volcano's ongoing summit eruption from the west vent

The west vent within Halema‘uma‘u crater at Kīlauea's summit exhibited low fountaining from the west vent yesterday. The spatter continues to build a cone around the vent, which has partially collapsed several times in the past few days. On the left side of the lava channel a small river of remobilized agglutinated spatter flows down the side of the spatter cone. USGS photo taken by K. Lynn on January 14, 2021.