Volcano Minute is a weekly audio activity or science update produced by U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists and affiliates. Aloha, it's your weekly Volcano Minute, brought to you by the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.  Today, we’re celebrating a milestone at Kīlauea: the Halemaʻumaʻu eruption had its 47th fountaining episode on May 14—tying the number of fountaining episodes in this eruption to that of the opening years of the Puʻuʻōʻō eruption from 1983-1986.  These eruptions are part of a tradition of spectacular Hawaiian fountains, going back to Kīlauea Iki in 1959 and Maunaulu in the late 1960s. But what makes today’s activity stand out is how accessible it is—offering visitors and residents views from around the caldera of lava fountain displays not seen in decades at Kīlauea.  Even though both Halemaʻumaʻu and Puʻuʻōʻō reached 47 episodes, Halemaʻumaʻu did it in just a year and a half—twice as fast as it took the Puʻuʻōʻō eruption to reach that number.…