This false-color satellite photo from 2014 shows the immense heat emanating from lava lakes at the summits of a pair of ...

Some hazards the plume could carry include: High levels of volcanic gas. Water vapor (H2O). Carbon dioxide (CO2). Pele's hair: Strands of volcanic glass produced by lava fountaining activity.

During this time, the chemistry of lava from Kīlauea became more similar ... derived melt from a shared source within the Hawaiian plume from Maunaloa to Kīlauea," Pietruszka added.