Lava has newly erupted inside a volcanic crater that collapsed several weeks ago — and hours before a nearby spectacular fissure eruption — on Mount Kilauea.The new lava lake is inside the Pu`u `Ō `ō crater on the Hawaiian volcano. The fresh lava arrived almost 20 days after the crater floor collapsed on March 5 and almost 16 days after the Kamoamoa fissure eruption to the west on March 9.
The lava reappeared on March 26, slowly filling the deepest parts of the crater, which is a large hole created by volcanic activity. Inside of craters are vents that erupt lava.
The new lava lake eventually filled the bottom of the crater and was stable yesterday (March 28), but was still swirling due to lava spatters in the middle of the lake, the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) said in a statement.
Just weeks before the new eruption, HVO scientists found that the Pu`u `Ō `ō crater floor dropped at least 377 feet (115 meters) as it collapsed. Source
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