Lava fountains can vary widely in size and form. Center: 1,900-foot high fountain during Kilauea Iki eruption in 1959, the highest ever observed anywhere in the world. (Photograph courtesy of the National Park Service.) Right above: A discontinuous row of lava fountains ("curtains of fire") 50-100 feet high during the 1971 Kilauea summit eruption as viewed from the air. (Photograph courtesy of the National Park Service.) Right below: "Curtain of fire" viewed from the ground during the 1984 Mauna Loa eruption. (Photograph by Richard B. Moore.)

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