Kilauea's new vent spewing loads of lava, fumes

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Kilauea's new vent spewing loads of lava, fumes

Visitors flock to Big Island to catch a glimpse of the 65-ft. lava plume

updated 3/8/2011 8:59:00 PM ET 2011-03-09T01:59:00

HONOLULU — The latest eruption at Kilauea volcano in Hawaii has a new working

name.

Volcanologists on Tuesday said they are calling it the Kamoamoa Fissure Eruption

after the area it is located at Kilauea, one of the world's most active

volcanoes.

Kamoamoa, which cracked open Saturday, is continuing to spew out loads of lava

and gases. Meanwhile, visitors flock to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park hoping to

catch a glimpse of the 2,000-degree Fahrenheit (1,093-degree Celsius) glowing,

red-orange lava that is shooting 65 feet (20 meters) high. But visitors are

being kept far away from the isolated, remote east zone rift where the eruption

is taking place.