Kilauea lava lake hits record height

Thursday, October 18, 2012 - 16:00 in Earth & Climate

The steaming lava lake in a vent near the summit of Hawaii's Mount Kilauea recently hit its highest level since the vent opened in 2008, according to the U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.

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