KILAUEA ERUPTION

[k2skier112]

Normally this would make the news

[hawkgt]

lost an hr of my life last night digging into volcanoes, down the rabbit hole. mindless fascination, good break from reality.

[ötzi]

Volcanoes aren't real? Damn they had me going with that one.

[zartagen]

I have a childhood memory (1993, I think) of a vacation to Hawaii where my family and I walked down a paved road that then got covered up by a lava flow. We walked around on the hardened lava and there were multiple spots of creeping and bubbling lava with wide circles of people around, but who knows if this was safe. Seems like there could be hollow spots to fall through, or hot, flowing lava underneath. I remember the lava being HOT from very far away. The hardened, black lava was also quite hot and melted some people's shoes. My cousin got some little burns by some spatter from the active lava. My dad has the photos somewhere.

Looking back, it feels like it was dumb to be that close, but it's still a fond memory, being that close to flowing lava. I wonder if that's a common occurrence in Hawaii.

[hatchgreenchile]

We visited HVNP in 2016. The lava glow at night was pretty trippy.
It's a beautiful area - I really want to get back there, especially to climb Mauna Loa.
Sounds like all activity is limited to the summit and no changes are detected along the rift zones toward Pahoa.
Good page that shows how the summit has changed since 2018: https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/thr...halemaumau.htm

[k2skier112]

Trippy lava flow at night, for reelz

[nickwm21]

Anybody on here a volcanologist? I always thought that be a great way to spend your 9-5. Hiking and skinning up volcanoes. Collecting rocks. Watching things blow up.


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[Danno]

Anybody on here a volcanologist? I always thought that be a great way to spend your 9-5. Hiking and skinning up volcanoes. Collecting rocks. Watching things blow up.


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Not sure about that

[old goat]

[QUOTE=nickwm21;6776950]Anybody on here a volcanologist? I always thought that be a great way to spend your 9-5. Hiking and skinning up volcanoes. Collecting rocks. Watching things blow up.


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Glaciology is better. Hike up. Take core samples. Ski down.

[truckeelocal]

We walked around on the hardened lava and there were multiple spots of creeping and bubbling lava with wide circles of people around, but who knows if this was safe.

Icelanders had to deal with 'Merikan tourists visiting their volcano recently. They came up with this ... Don't Walk On The Lava T-Shirt – rvkgrapevine

[bio-smear]

Icelanders had to deal with 'Merikan tourists visiting their volcano recently. They came up with this ... Don't Walk On The Lava T-Shirt – rvkgrapevine

Weak. I'd have designed one that incorporated a guy with a peg leg.

[warthog]

Not sure about that

Yeah, that doc will scare you away from that career for sure.

[LongShortLong]

This Scott guy posts some good Kilauea videos. Has a deep library of the 2018 eruption too. And some Mauna Loa stuff.
https://www.youtube.com/user/apauhawaiitours/videos