Kilauea Lava Flow Oct 8, 2008

[kinjur]

The crystallization process is very interesting.

[MzChelxoxo]

It looks like DORITO liquid

[theminecraftreeper]

i am subing

[MandM101videos]

Lava is soo cool !

[ohiaderimzak]

i just want to blow a bubble with it

[TeamVeZe]

yummi!!!

[lamorte42]

you were the chosen one!!

[SabretoothSnowMan]

It was almost theraputic watching that lava flow, like a chocolate fondu

[danielkronos]

Wow, thats just, plain evil, imagine this being used as a military bomb, that would be absolutely insane.

[TehDoomVideos]

Imagine someone just falling into it.

[lol9768]

to me it looks like orange soda

[panchodaman]

Vegetation burning causes re-creation:)

[aLinuxTV]

the earth is really becoming a sun

[MrJcm94]

In some sort of strange way, im tempted to touch the fast flowing one. Id lose whatever body part i touched it with, but........ Tempting

[volcanochaser]

@MrJcm94 What you don't get a feel from lava videos is the tremendous amount of radiant heat given off by large flows. At about 20 feet from this flow, it is almost impossible to stand your ground for two seconds while taking a picture. Smaller flows are easier to approach, but they would just be oozing along instead of fast flowing. It is this radiant heat that keeps visitors at a safe distance.

[Brivixxycej8]

@volcanochaser

Don't trees have the ability to survive within a few feet of flows this size?

[volcanochaser]

@Brivixxycej8 Yes, trees along the edges of the flow and even small islands of vegetation in the middle can survive right next to flowing lava if the trunk isn’t burnt and the root system isn’t cooked. For example if the lava next to a tree doesn’t touch the tree and the flow stops in a few hours, there will not be enough time for the heat to reach the root system. But if the lava keeps flowing for days, then enough heat will penetrate the soil in the surrounding area and kill all the roots.

[volcanochaser]

@Brivixxycej8 More trees survive next to a’a flows like at the end of the video because the greater surface area of the clinkers is able to dissipate more of the heat to the atmosphere and the flow near the edges cools off relatively fast. The smoother pahoehoe flow lingers close to the ground and is able to flow into cracks and heat the ground in the surrounding area. This particular flow was mostly flowing over other recent flows which had already wiped out the vegetation.

[Brivixxycej8]

@volcanochaser

That makes a lot of sense! Thank you very much. I learned something new today. :)

[panchodaman]

@MrJcm94 YEAH!!!!

[maharley27]

Fascinating! Like an advancing, slow, crawling monster that actually exists! :O

[brookeville]

awesome

[EDUARDOHOCOHUOC]

muda!

[volcanochaser]

@EDUARDOHOCOHUOC Lava del tipo pahoehoe como al comienzo no hace much ruido. Lava del tipo a'a como al fin si hace ruido. Otros videos en youtube de pahoehoe que hacen much ruido no es por la lava pero por el ruido del viento en la camara.

[altruistichedonist]

what is the teb vent anyway?

[volcanochaser]

@altruistichedonist Scientists give names to the vents on Kiliauea where the lava is flowing out. This one was named Thanksgiving Eve Breakout vent because of the date it erupted.

[outlawcountryman]

the a'a flow at 1:27 sounds like a german panzer

[gertgertgert18]

Cool vidoe.

[blakeblk]

Imagine swimming in that.

I myself would also throw random shit in that.

i jest stare at it.

look at it go go lava go :)

[oMeatball]

Imagine being a Polynesian sailor, who just recently arrived to the strange new island, and then staring in awe at a strange, unknown sight like 2:41.

[markyyyyyyyy321]

3 things that fascinate me the most ever is The Universe, Mercury, and Lava

[Sangheili1000]

That poor tree at 1:57+

:( it's gonna die!! :P Nice vid

[Mavi222]

@Sangheili1000 yeah, look at it closely, it's waving for goodbye... lol

[abagonboys]

I would drink that!! it looks like red chocolate!!! w/ hersheys!

[evilwatermelon]

make sure you do it on live broadcast online while you do it so others can see :)

[BALLlSLlFE]

i could just sit there and throw random crap into that all day

[CutByAngels]

sameee :D

[zoe264]

FIRE!!!XD

[Masterpivot292]

Does it ever burn buildings down over there, or is it just flows? Also, it'd be awesome to throw a Snowball into that lol

[volcanochaser]

Most of the buildings and forest in this area have already been burned and buried over the last 25 years, so it is now mostly new lava flowing over old lava.

[Masterpivot292]

Oh, I see.

[LostControl303]

That looks so good, I could watch that fast moving lava all day

[trex1998]

NICE!!

[Xc31]

river of molten rocks!

[ToxicInjection69]

Just looking at lava makes you wanna run up and grab some...dont do it tho >.>

[TheThroney]

lol

[buckbeak1965]

It sounds like braking glass, fantastic work my friend, when is a good time to go? and what is the avg cost?

[Doomhammer15]

LAVA CURRY!!!

[lockheed22]

i love the sound of aa aa

[imfriendly2all]

hey man great video......plz like to see more

[DatabaseCentral]

Damn thats some fast lava

[knalltuetenfrosch]

great video chaser.. really like it :)

[LavaOceanAdventures]

hey chaser as usual nice stuff. I remember looking into that nice red river from the ocean side. Great stuff man

[Tony87etna]

WoW ! Questa colata è veramente bellissima !

The "aa" lava is really beautiful ... great show!

[CptBulldog]

Sweet, I plan on attending the UHH soon for Geology, hopfully I'll get a glimpse like that. You should try post whats going on at the Halema`uma`u crater. I heard it was filling up like a lake again!

[volcanochaser]

At present, only the scientists from the Hawaii Volcano Observatory have seen actual lava deep within the vent through very heavy fume by flying directly over the vent.  The closest the public can get is from the Jaggar Museum one mile away and the view is from the side. Many people have posted views from there.

Good luck with your studies.

[CptBulldog]

Thanks.

Yea, I read on the HVO's website that they close that portion of CoC Rd and CRD. So I take it you have no realation to the HVO or The Park.

[volcanochaser]

I used to be a volunteer at HVO upgrading and repairing the seismic network years ago. Other than that I just hike in the area.

[blisszing]

Aloha VolcanoChaser-

Didn't I meet you at Gary & Darlene's house. They had sent me your link in an email.

Anyway,WAY COOL- Thanks for vidoeing. I said to myself, hello, look what's happening underfoot, no wonder I'm crazy as a loon!

WAY COOL- THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE! Aloha,

blisszing

[volcanochaser]

I was one of the party animals. If you go to the smugmug link in the video description, you can see their house in the fifth photo for October 8. It is the smaller white speck next to the forest just right of center. Best seen in the larger sizes. Their house was about 3.5 miles from this spot.

[Lavahunter23]

Very Cool...i wish there were breakouts when i was there a month ago.....