Lava flow into ocean

Lava entering the Pacific Ocean, from the Kilauea volcano on Hawaii, in Volcanoes National Park. It is the East Lae'apuki entry point of the PKK lava flow. This volcano has been erupting since 1983, and this lava flow has been active since 2004. The noise you hear is not the lava entering the water, it is actually the wind on the mic of the camera. This was video is from about 100 yards (meters) from the lava, so any noise is from the tradewinds (and not the lava). I zoomed in with our Canon PowerShot SD800 IS Digital Elph. .

This is how all of the Hawaiian islands were formed- over the past 40 million years or so. Truly the most amazing thing my wife and I ever saw.

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• Kilauea
• volcano
• lava
• flow
• ocean

[g0dsword123]

wheres the obsidian?

[lothar97]

@g0dsword123 Obsidian needs awhile to cool, usually in pockets underground. This lava quickly turned into pumice. Still a black rock, but lots of holes/bubbles. I leaned on some of it when I took this video, and cut open the elbow I leaned on the pumice.

[0Heavy0Metal0]

I wonder how far out the water is heated? I would imagine no further than 10 or 15 feet.

[lothar97]

@0Heavy0Metal0 I would rather not find out- the surf is pretty rough around the coast. I suspect only a few feet, because there's a lot of water moving around.

[welphaibai]

When lava pours out near the sea surface, tremendous volcanic explosions sometimes occur. In time, sub-marine sea mounds, or islands, are formed. When lava flows underwater it behaves differently.

[lothar97]

@welphaibai Absolutely true. The next Hawaiian island is already being formed, and its called Loihi.

[BCSpore]

Boiled fish anyone?

[Zapallarapapudo]

@welphaibai Now the deep inside joke here is the connection between Boards of Canada and Shores of Hawaii ;)

[eddie2k100]

@lothar97 its a mine craft joke man some people...

[robekert]

Ooh cobblestone genorator.

[hibipon11]

Yeah! This is Onsen!

[Titch5TT]

whats wrong with you jump in that sea its like a hot tub now bro that would be bless !

[Phibriglex]

@lothar97 Lol i think godsword was joking and referring to minecraft, but you made a very educated answer. And yeah, be very careful with obsidian, some of the sharpest things every. I read somewhere that they use obsidian glass in scalpels because of the natural sharpness.

[antraz101]

finally i can go to the nether

[StealthFR]

I think this should be generating cobblestone by now. (minecraft)

[latinoalex5]

Can I make a nether portal with it?