The eruption that began Dec. 23 resumed Monday, preceded by small, sporadic spatter fountains that continued to increase in intensity to reach "sustained fountaining," the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said.

The Kilauea volcano at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park is spewing lava once again, the seventh recorded episode in recent weeks. The eruption that began Dec. 23 in a crater at Kilauea's summit has paused periodically.

This U.S. Geological Survey web camera view this morning shows lava flowing during the seventh lava-fountaining episode of the on-again, off-again eruption that began on Dec. 23. Kilauea is erupting again in Halemaumau crater.