Inside Kīlauea: Rivers of Lava, a Collapsing Summit and Giant Lava Fountains

A calm, 46-minute documentary about Kīlauea, the volcano on the Island of Hawaiʻi that has done almost everything a volcano can do in the last decade. The hot spot that built Hawaii, what lava really is, the 35-year eruption of Puʻu ʻŌʻō, the 2018 eruption that buried Leilani Estates while the summit collapsed by 500 metres, the lake of water that appeared in the crater and boiled away in ninety minutes, the return of the lava lake, Mauna Loa in 2022, and the giant lava fountains of 2024 to 2026. Told with footage filmed by the scientists of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. Made for relaxing, studying or falling asleep. CHAPTERS 0:00 A volcano that never sleeps 1:45 The Hawaiian hot spot 6:58 What lava is 13:05 Puʻu ʻŌʻō: 35 years of eruption 18:52 2018: Leilani and the summit collapse 25:55 A lake of water in the crater 29:06 The lava lake returns 32:51 The fountains of 2024–2026 37:36 Watching the volcano 42:01 Living with the volcano 44:56 What comes next SOURCES & CREDITS Video: U.S. Geological Survey, Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (public domain). USGS does not endorse this channel. Facts follow USGS and Hawaiian Volcano Observatory reports and published research; where numbers are approximate, the narration says so. Narration is a synthetic voice. Script and editing by Inside How. #volcano #kilauea #documentary