Volcanoes.

[jmorgan]

Hawaii seems to be a bit quiet on the threads?

https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/volcanoes/kilauea/multi...

Caught a few clips on the news but some of those pictures are a bit more revealing.

News reporting one poor sod has been injured by splatter, shattered lower leg or something.

Staus report
https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/volcanoes/kilauea/statu...

[Eric Mc]

Good call.

Always been interested in the different types of volcanoes that exist. We studied these in school as part of Physical Geography. That was back in the 1970s. we know a lot more about how volcanoes work these days and how they are closely linked to plate tectonics.

[jmorgan]

Some interesting stuff in here
http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com

Edit.
Wowzers, someone suggest the fire department use the hoses to prevent one stream. I know the people on Iceland did something similar in the 70s (?) but that was not using fire trucks.
https://twitter.com/kimberlyaliceMT/status/9980684...

Edited by jmorgan on Sunday 20th May 18:34

[Beati Dogu]

I've been occasionally watching a livestream of the Kilauea lava flow, taken from someone's house.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhrUKXyGpzY

It looks and sounds rather angry.

[jmorgan]

Watched a bit of that. I know the they are zoomed in but they seem awfully relaxed.....

[AshVX220]

I've seen a load of stuff on this on the news and it's amazing and horrendous at the same time, loads of people have lost their homes and belongings. In one area a bunch of people and there homes were surrounded by Lava and had to be air lifted to safety. Also saw a time lapse video of a lava flow coming out of a forest, crossing a road and completely consuming an old Ford Mustang. There seems to be nothing that can be done to stop or re-direct it. Despite what Hollywood may have you believe (think Tommy Lee Jones in "Volcano"!).

[jmorgan]

I was following the map on the USGS for the volcano, these fissures appear to have opened on old ones and there are communities all around it.

The one from 1955
https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/volcanoes/kilauea/geo_h...

Edit. all this seems to be some 40 miles from Kīlauea.

Edited by jmorgan on Monday 21st May 16:33

[Beati Dogu]

jmorgan said:

Watched a bit of that. I know the they are zoomed in but they seem awfully relaxed.....

Rusty the rooster is keeping an eye on it for them. They sometimes put him on camera.

The volcano seems to be stepping it up a bit now.

[jmorgan]

USGS twitter feed with some interesting vids. Especially the blue flames form the cracks in the road (latter second twitter link).
https://twitter.com/USGSVolcanoes/status/999486929...
https://twitter.com/USGSVolcanoes/status/999413507...

In the vid above there are three people walking back to a compound, puts the scale in.

Edited by jmorgan on Thursday 24th May 08:25

[jmorgan]

Some more aerial filming, this time at night.
https://twitter.com/USGSVolcanoes/status/999761514...

Big cultural significance here as well.

[jmorgan]

Interesting descriptions as to what is going on underground.
https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/observatories/hvo/

[jmorgan]

The nasty side.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-4435...

One vid on twitter showing people filming on phones a lahar before legging it!
https://twitter.com/AlexanderXV/status/10034332471...

http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/fuego

[jmorgan]

Well, Hawaii Kilauea overlook will need a new car park area.
https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/k-lauea-volcano-...

And the creator has slumped a lot
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DfmhE3AWkAAIZiI.jpg:la...

https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/volcanoes/kilauea/multi...

[Blaster72]

jmorgan said:

Well, Hawaii Kilauea overlook will need a new car park area.
https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/k-lauea-volcano-...

To be fair it says that car park has been closed for 10 years so no great loss.

Some good video footage of the summit crater slump on youtube too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=53&amp...

Edited by Blaster72 on Saturday 16th June 12:42

[jmorgan]

Keep getting facebook links on twitter to those, most annoying when you want to post them on.
Did not think to check youtube.

[Nom de ploom]

still going in hawaii

interesting potential darwin award winning boat trip to within 200m of the EXPLODING VOLCANO footage available from various sources...

is it showing signs of abaying or getting worse the eruption?