Kīlauea Summit Eruption Lava Returns to Halemaʻumaʻu (2017)

In March 2008 a new volcanic vent opened within Halemaumau a crater at the summit of Kīlauea Volcano in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park on the Island of Hawaiʻi This new vent is one of two ongoing eruptions on the volcano The other is on Kīlaueas East Rift Zone where vents have been erupting nearly nonstop since 1983