Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano spews 1,400 feet of lava into the air in wild emergency scene

For the 39th time in a year, Hawaii's Kilauae volcano was seen contributing to being one of the world's most active volcanoes.

The sudden eruption started yesterday, marking one year of continuous on-and-off volcano eruption.

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The US Geological Survey's webcams captured close to 1400 feet of lava spewing into the air from the north and south vents of the volcano.

The USGS reported more on how gas and ash plumes from the episode were so large that they were seen from space.

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'You can see very subtly the low-level gas plume drifting to the southwest following low-level winds and spreading to the southern part of the island,'- the USGS mentioned.

'Higher level ash plume is much more obvious and hits 20,000 feet. High-level winds are seen carrying that material to the southeast. As of 2:13 am HST, the volcano ended up stopping to erupt after a six-hour-long episode.

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