May 14, 2026 — Kīlauea summit lava fountaining episode 47

Episode 47 lava fountaining at Kīlauea summit began at approximately 3:27 p.m. HST Thursday, May 14, and continued for about 9 hours. Only the north vent produced high fountains with only sporadic spattering activity from the south vent. This photo taken around 5 p.m. from Uēkahuna overlook in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park shows how wide the fountain was in the early stages after the onset of the fountaining episode. USGS photo by M. Cappos.