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Retired USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory geologist Don Swanson stands in front of an outcrop near Uekahuna at the summit of Kilauea, where deposits of the Keanakakoʻi tephra are exposed. Unit B, the reticulite deposit that formed from a lava fountaining eruption at Kilauea summit about 500 years ago, is outlined in black. USGS photo.

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupts with 1,000-foot lava fountains, forcing highway and park closures as the volcanic ash falls near Big Island communities.