Kilauea

Kīlauea – home of Pele, the Hawaiian volcano goddess – is the youngest and southeastern most volcano on Hawaii Island. It ranks among the world’s most active volcanoes and may even top the list, according to the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. While the eruption that began on Kilauea’s east rift zone in 1983 continues at the cinder-and-spatter cone of Pu`u `O`o, a summit eruption began at Halema’uma’u crater after a small explosive event on March 19, 2008, revealing a lava lake within.