Hawaii’s most active and popular volcano, Kilauea, is preparing to put on a show as geologists forecast the volcano’s 44th eruption in the coming days. The United States Geological Survey said that precursory eruption activity is occurring as the active volcano prepares to erupt – one of Earth’s most captivating natural spectacles.

U.S. Geological Survey volcano alert level — an indication of ground-based status of volcanic activity — and aviation color code — indicating the severity of airborne volcanic hazards — can communicate relatively quickly what is happening at Kīlauea volcano on the Big Island.

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Video ID: CPM0873 This is the amazing moment a tornado formed next to a ‘phoenix’ volcanic eruption. Rachel Bryan was visiting Volcanic National Park, Hawaii, USA, on November 9 when she was treated to a double spout of lava from Kilauea.

No other puʻus exist on the caldera rim, but geologic deposits of tephra fall mapped in Kīlauea’s summit region indicate that high lava fountains erupted within Kaluapele around the years 1500, 1650, and in the first two decades of the 1800s.