Spectacular lava fountains erupted once again from Kilauea volcano summit on January 15 drawing throngs of eager visitors to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

Kilauea volcano in Hawaii erupted not once or twice but thrice last year. While its eruptions paused for a brief period of time, the volcano has been back to spilling lava since Wednesday.

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano roared back to life and resumed its eruption Wednesday as dramatic video provided by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) showed lava shooting hundreds of feet into the

The latest eruption of Kilauea, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, is the fourth such episode that began on December 23.

The eruption that began Dec. 23 in a crater at the summit of Kilauea volcano has paused periodically. It resumed Wednesday morning as a “small sluggish lava flow,” and then increased into a fountain that appeared to be 200 feet (60 meters) high, the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said.