Hawaii's Kilauea volcano is on a roll. The active volcano recently had its 36th episode of eruption, and it was quite magnificent. The blazing streams of lava exploded out of the vents for five hours straight,

The eruption was accompanied by a "volnado," or a tornado-like swirl of dust and ash caused by the contrast between the heated air near the lava and the cooler air.

At some points, lava fountains reached between 1,000 and 1,100 feet, according to measurements by the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. The volcano spewed so much lava that flows covered up to 80% of the floor of the Halemaʻumaʻu crater, the USGS said. The eruption was contained to a closed area of Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park.

Scientists said fountains from the north vent are about 500 feet high, and fountains from the south vent are about one-third as high.

The 36th episode of the Halema’uma’u eruption ended Sunday afternoon after just under 5 hours of continuous fountaining on Sunday morning, featuring lava fountaining up to 500 ft.