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It’s like hell was ” bubbling ” A double rainbow spans the lake of lava in the Halemaʻumaʻu crater of the Kilauea volcano. Photo: H. Dietterich / USGS / Public Domain / Courtesy
The famous Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano began to act again late last year and the eruption created a lava lake within the volcano’s Halema’uma’u crater.
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) shared an amazing video of the lava dome emerging like a fountain in the lava lake of the Kilauea .
“Lava from the western vent cascades under the roofed vertical channels to enter the lava lake at an entrance that has been partially submerged ”, said Tuesday the USGS . “The result is a rolling lava outcrop near the entrance called ‘dome fountain’ “.
The images of the video in the upper part are from 2 and 3 of January.
The lava feature gets its name from its resemblance to a bubbling water source, but This is a liquid to stay away from. The USGS estimated that the source was about 5 meters (16 feet) height and 10 meters (33 feet) wide.
Kilauea fiercely erupted into 2018, destroying buildings and forcing evacuations.
According an update from the USGS released on Tuesday, Lava activity in Kilauea is currently confined to the crater.
It is estimated that the lava lake has 627 feet (191 meters deep. The crater had filled with water prior to the recent eruption.
The next telephoto video also shows lava flow and outbreak in Halema’uma’u lava lake; splash bursts from the active vent of the western fissure at Halema’uma’u. The video is by Hannah Dietrich of USGS and shows the activity of the Kilauea volcano, on January 6, 2021.
The USGS is monitoring Kilauea for gas levels, rockfalls, explosions, and volcanic glass particles.
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For those of us who cannot visit, the USGS offers a variety of views of the volcano by webcam, including a look at the Halema’uma’u crater.
24 ho Live panorama flush of Halemaʻumaʻu from the west edge of the collapse features of the summit . Courtesy: USGS It’s hard to beat the video point of view of this USGS webcam with the lava fountain, which is as close to fiery action as you could wish for.
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