April 1, 2025 — Kīlauea episode 16 lava fountain and flow VIDEO

Aerial video of Kīlauea summit eruption episode 16 lava fountain and its lava flow on April 1, 2025, taken during a USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory monitoring overflight at approximately noon. The lava fountain was reaching heights of more than 650 ft (200 m) at times and feeding a lava flow that as of noon on April 1 reached about 2,300 ft (700 m) from its vent. The lava fountain was also depositing a tephra blanket to the northwest that was reaching Highway 11. In some places near the vents, the tephra deposit is up to 5 ft (1.5 m) thick and represents accumulation of 16 eruptive episodes since December 23, 2024.