Kilauea Eruption October 12

The latest video from Kilauea's eventful year of eruptions.

Source: USGS. For more information, go to:
http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/kilauea/update/images.html

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• volcano
• eruption
• kilauea
• hawaii
• geology
• vulcanism

[matycee]

the earth is a hoax

[Odyssey9001]

...sound would be great, especially a booming voice that roars "I am Oz!" or "I am Pele!".

[cbunming]

@Rammstein45 Mine too.

[Rammstein45]

Cool! that was on my Birthday

[hebneh]

And thus, there is vog in the Hawaiian Islands.

And also...this is why, unlike for much of the 20th century, you can no longer get close the Halemaumau Crater. In the early 1900s, it was the usual thing to walk right up to the edge and look into the glowing red firepit. Now, we don't take chances anymore, and people are kept away from the potential of something like this video shows.

[Devilsnightforlife]

beautiful..

[NancyToday]

Wow. Did you see how nice and round the hole was? Such power just in the smoke!

[Yuroslav1990]

красота !!!!!!!!

[Nuker1337]

If you look from a geological perspective, even massive volcano eruptions occur with fairly regular intervals. Life always recovers from the calamities wrought by such eruptions.

[evilwatermelon]

just wanted to point out a few events that have changed the "natural" cycle. tambora 1815, Krakatoa 1889, laki eruptions of 1783-84. and inumerable other past eruptions that have significantly affected life on earth.

i just ask that you dont get pissy about other peoples input.

[BabyMimi00]

It was a JOKE. Try not to respond with an essay.

[Nuker1337]

Volcanoes have always erupted, and are always erupting. Thus they can erupt without affecting the natural cycle, since they're part of the natural cycle. When burning fossils which have accumulated over geological timescales, you're getting excess amounts of CO2 in the atmosphere. Volcanoes only keep CO2 at the currenlt levels, whereas human activities increase the levels. Besides, there is no way to stop a volcano.