New Lava Eruption in Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii

[Trevnyah13]

teh pahoehoe! yay im smart im studying this in my science class lol

[ukuleleplaya]

Any video's of the recent flow? Thanks

[volcanochaser]

The county has closed off Highway 130 and allows visitors only between 2 and 8 PM. They have 24 hour security. Viewing is restricted to a roped off viewing area far from the ocean entry. There can be a waiting line of several hours just to drive in. I'm going to wait this one out for now. Mar 21 08

[ukuleleplaya]

thanks, Bruddah, you are my Big Island volcanism contact. Keep up the great work.

[doom3jocky]

throw a stick in there or a big chunk of metel in there i want to see how it melts ....nah jk rocks are good enough 8)

[volcanochaser]

Lava is liquid rock, so it is very dense. Rocks and steel will just float on top. Aluminum cans will burn. Steel melts at about 3000 degrees Fahrenheit, but lava is only about 2000 degrees.

[995715202]

That's true. You may already know that the heat intensity is similar to the hot rolled steel processed in a steel mill. Also, the frequency of light is similar, hence the heat index is approximately the same.

[995715202]

and the frequency of light is orangish red, a state of cooling. However, when it's in the initial state,it is white hot and can only be viewed from afar, unless you are wearing a fire retardant suit!

[zipperboy2]

Im totally jealous. Great footage.

[EZDead]

im my country its perfectly normal

[osomewillbendover]

there was a guy on coast to coast talk radio the other day saying his community is 7 miles from eruption and its flowing that way and everyone is moving away,he said he is leaving the islands and bought a house in.....get this...san diego...!!

[volcanochaser]

There are a lot of rumors like these, but as of today October 26, 2007, none of them are true. The lava is just piling up in one spot in a remote area and building a shield cone. You can go to the Kilauea USGS website and see the daily update.

[995715202]

Layering? is any of this material providing larger spaces for development? ie: making the island larger or just continually destroying vegetation and people's real estate?

[volcanochaser]

This flow started erupting from the East Rift Zone east of Pu'u O'o on July 21, 2007. It finally reached the ocean about seven miles away on March 5, 2008. It is still adding real estate to the island near Kalapana as of June 30, 2008

[995715202]

sure and why not? eruptions are many and fairly easy to predict, but as far as magma is concerned, who can predict which direction a lava flow will go? Hawaiian lava has a dense fluidic nature. Near a caldera the rock is nearly liquid and can travel to speeds in excess of 30 mph and since the temperature is in the thousands of degrees, it isn't likely that the ambient air temperature would cool down quickly enough and devour your property.

[paintballer4life14]

COOL 5/5

[kinered]

I dont understand how is possible that you stay there. In my country that place would be sorrounded by policeman

[alitamunich]

Maybe Volcanochaser is one of those policemen and he happens to have a camera with him ;)