developments coming in from hawaii, just stunning images tonight. that powerful explosion at the summit of kilauea, shooting a plume of ash some 30,000 feet into the air, showering ash for miles around. the order going out tonight to shelter in place. and abc s chief national correspondent matt gutman is there again tonight. reporter: tonight, that tower of ash punching through the clouds. before dawn, this gemini observatory time lapse capturing that new explosive eruption at kilauea s halema uma u. the one this morning was definitely the biggest we ve seen so far, just in terms of energy and how high up into the atmosphere it got. reporter: even higher than mt. everest. ballistic rocks, up to two feet wide, already heaved hundreds of yards. residents not evacuated warned to shelter in place. and those 20 fissures scarring hawaii s landscape, roaring with increased intensity. you can see all that lava fountaining here. now, this is fissure 17. some of the fountaining has gone hu