WATCH: Video shows Kilauea volcano erupt on Hawaii island

These towering lava fountains attracting droves of visitors to the Hawaii Volcano’s National Park. Experts say the eruption covered about 650 acres of Kalua Pele, or the caldera floor at the summit of Kilauea, as of 9:30 on Friday morning. That’s the fastest that any of the recent summit eruptions has um covered parts of the caldera floor. This eruption is really visible from around um the caldera uh within Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, so it’s really um pretty spectacular viewing. The eruption began *** little after 2 on Friday morning after about 20 minutes of intense earthquakes, spewing lava fountains about 300 ft high, then diminishing slightly. Closer to around 200 ft, but, but still very impressive. Each one of these eruptions uh gives us *** *** means to help understand. How the volcano behaves and, and maybe gives us some insight into how it might erupt in the …