Explosive ocean entry lava bench in pre-dawn light - Hawaii

Explosive lava bench collapse near Kalapana Hawaii November 2nd, 2010

Four-minute highlights of a thirty-minute event: In the pre-dawn light a quiet ocean entry lava flow suddenly begins exploding in small sections but rapidly spreading along a seven-hundred foot coastal section of the already unstable lava bench.

Littoral tephra ejections become quite violent as the event progressed: the entire bench boomed and shuttered and jet-engine type sounds in the mix.

This lava delta/bench first began forming when a large lava flow reached the ocean on July 25th, 2010. Since then it has poured out into the sea with new land about 500-feet, and added nearly 3/4's of a mile of new coastline, which continues to grow at this time.

For more information about this video and on-scene lava updates visit Hawaiian Lava Daily: http://hawaiianlavadaily.blogspot.com/2010/11/partial-lava-bench-collapse-you...

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• littoral tephra delta collapse

[dreamjeannie29]

WOW! Awesome!! Mahalo!!

[Jonathan65109]

you got a great video

[opalmirror]

Really love this... the rapidly changing gradients of color and sparkly flecks and neutral grey of the clouds, explosions. It is *VERY* alive and beautiful, and the overall balance and tone of the picture elements are also gorgeous - that early morning waking to get out there makes all the difference! I have to wonder if a more directional mic (parabolic?) or remote mic away from the fireline might bring out more of the subject noise and less of the environmental cracklings, but I'm a novice

[spasticlabrat]

Madame Pele raising her skirt and showing a little leg! Beyond beautiful.

[paddleforhealth]

@imbz4peace If only more of us woke up to the reality of our existence......

[ilankutz]

What can one say, but humbly accept the beauty of nature.., and the gain/loss of divine real estate

Thanks

[lostintheNET1]

Only in Hawaii, paradise and hell are on the same spot !

[karenarchibald]

Awesome footage. Thanks.

[ChristianJamesPhoto]

Fantastic! Thanks for sharing Leigh

[Condortheburninator]

@imbz4peace Never thought of it that way. Cool thinking.