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In pictures: Hawaii on red alert for huge volcanic eruption

  • <p>Residents are on red alert, after fears emerged that the volcano could fully erupt (Getty) </p>
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    Residents are on red alert, after fears emerged that the volcano could fully erupt (Getty)

  • <p>Huge plumes of smoke have been seen rising from the volcano (Getty) </p>
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    Huge plumes of smoke have been seen rising from the volcano (Getty)

  • <p>Locals watch on as smoke billows from the top of the Kilauea volcano (Getty) </p>
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    Locals watch on as smoke billows from the top of the Kilauea volcano (Getty)

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  • <p>Locals are seen on the side of the road as smoke billows from the huge eruption (Getty) </p>
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    Locals are seen on the side of the road as smoke billows from the huge eruption (Getty)

  • <p>Huge plumes of smoke are reportedly beginning to engulf the island (Getty) </p>
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    Huge plumes of smoke are reportedly beginning to engulf the island (Getty)

  • <p>The volcano is nearing its first eruption in 35 years </p>
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    The volcano is nearing its first eruption in 35 years

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  • <p>Stars shine above as a plume rises from the Halemaumau crater, illuminated by glow from the crater’s lava lake, within the Kilauea volcano summit at the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park (PICTURE: Mario Tama/Getty Images) </p>
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    Stars shine above as a plume rises from the Halemaumau crater, illuminated by glow from the crater’s lava lake, within the Kilauea volcano summit at the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park (PICTURE: Mario Tama/Getty Images)

<p>Residents are on red alert, after fears emerged that the volcano could fully erupt (Getty) </p>
<p>Huge plumes of smoke have been seen rising from the volcano (Getty) </p>
<p>Locals watch on as smoke billows from the top of the Kilauea volcano (Getty) </p>
<p>Locals are seen on the side of the road as smoke billows from the huge eruption (Getty) </p>
<p>Huge plumes of smoke are reportedly beginning to engulf the island (Getty) </p>
<p>The volcano is nearing its first eruption in 35 years </p>
<p>Stars shine above as a plume rises from the Halemaumau crater, illuminated by glow from the crater’s lava lake, within the Kilauea volcano summit at the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park (PICTURE: Mario Tama/Getty Images) </p>
Nick Reilly
·Contributor

Local residents in Hawaii are on alert after a plume of ash from the Kilauea volcano rose 12,000 feet into the air before dropping ash across the island, with locals being warned to stay indoors amid fears of a full eruption

The U.S. Geological Survey has also upgraded its previous volcano warning from ‘orange’ to ‘red,’ prompting fears that an ‘eruption is forecasted to be imminent with significant emission of ash into the atmosphere likely’, or it could even be underway.

But amid the panic, stunning photographs have captured the plume as it rises into the sky, as well as the red-hot lava that has begun pouring from the eruption.

Here’s a selection of them.