The eruption created glowing patterns as lava spread over the mountainside. Officials said the lava posed no threat posed to homes or infrastructures.

This pattern of short-lived eruptions followed by ... according to the U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. Lava fountains from the north vent have reached 300 to 400 feet ...

and lava fountains up to 260 feet tall. The study authors emphasize that a long-term pattern of such opposite eruptive behavior suggests that a magmatic connection exists between these volcanoes.