<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>One of the world's most active volcanoes spewed lava into the air for a second straight day on Christmas Eve.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The eruption of Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island has stayed within the mountain's summit caldera inside Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>No homes were threatened.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/cyclone-tracy-darwin-new-memorial-unveiled-to-victims-50-years-after-disaster/d590c40a-7777-406d-89ee-af2aae57e5c1"><strong><span>Survivors mourn dead as 50-year Cyclone Tracy memorial unveiled</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Molten rock began shooting from the volcano before dawn on Monday when fissures opened in the caldera floor and propelled lava 90 metres into the air.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The red liquid formed tall fountains and then spread across 263 hectares.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory estimated the lava was about a metre thick.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/hawaiis-kilauea-volcano-photos-show-lava-erupting/8d547205-2167-4905-8f71-85ba39a05778" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/death-martyville-man-arrested-after-man-in-his-20s-dead-side-of-remote-road/edccba1d-1607-4cd4-8c00-6fd9482e0f06"><strong><span>Man, 27, arrested after man found dead on side of remote road</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Scientists expect activity to fluctuate in the coming days. The lava paused on Monday afternoon but fountains re-emerged Tuesday morning.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The eruption occurred in an area that's been closed to the public since 2007 due to hazards including crater wall instability and rockfalls. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/usa-murder-freed-pair-speak-out-17-years-after-they-were-wrongfully-imprisoned-for-murder/c3d904be-1010-4020-b0ca-ec52d1d2fd51"><strong><span>'They didn't want to believe': Pair freed after 17 years jail for murder they didn't commit</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/australians-can-make-one-billion-dollars-selling-unwanted-gifts-online-ebay-says/07d6df8a-24a3-4dd8-9b8d-225bc6878bdf" rel="" target="" title="How Christmas gifts could make Aussies $1 billion"><strong><span>How Christmas gifts could make Aussies $1 billion</span></strong></a><strong></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Visitors to the park were able to watch the foundations at a distance from an overlook spot.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>This eruption is the sixth in Kilauea's summit caldera since 2020.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Hawaii Volcanoes National Park encompasses the summits of two of the world’s most active volcanoes: Kilauea and Mauna Loa. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Kilauea also erupted in June and September.</span></div></div>