Volcano Watch: 1969 Maunaulu eruption had 12 lava fountaining episodes

Volcano Watch: 1969 Maunaulu eruption had 12 lava fountaining episodes

Last week’s “Volcano Watch” article reviewed the lava fountaining eruption of Kilauea Iki in 1959. This week, we’ll continue looking back in time at the next episodic lava fountaining eruption in Kilauea’s history: the Maunaulu eruption that occurred a decade later, in 1969.