Lava Burns Road, Again

A very active surface flow has now reached the end of Highway 130 and is destroying several hundred feet of the road. State Highway 130 used to connect to the Chain of Craters Road in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. About seven miles of this highway has now been destroyed over the last 25 years. The portion of the road which is now being destroyed is close to the county view area.

Recorded October 24, 2009

Additional photos and videos:
http://volcanochaser.smugmug.com/

Eruption Update Info:
http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• lava
• Kilauea
• Hawaii
• volcano

[train52000]

How does one know when its safe enough to walk on it. (special boots and temperature meter or something)

[volcanochaser]

@train52000 No special boots, but the soles can become unglued. I don’t want to spend too much time on hot lava and the soles should be thick enough to delay the heat getting to the glue. Cooler surfaces should be close by to cool off the feet. The radiant heat on your face will let you know when it is too hot to attempt getting close to it. Lava rock is very abrasive, so I tend to buy cheap boots from Walmart because the soles wear out after about 50 miles of hiking on old lava flows.

[time4aloha]

Cool. I picked nonis off of the noni tree at 2:15 in the vid last time I was down there. I hope it survives :)

[volcanochaser]

I don't think it did. More lava went through that area in the following days and wiped out more of the road and vegetation. Take a look at the pics from October 27 in the smugmug link in the video description.

[layger7]

MINECRAFT!

[Dprill95]

hell in liquid form

[TheClassifiedMan]

get a shovel and see if you can pick some up

[TonyEtna1987]

Ma quannu mai !?

[TonyEtna1987]

Absolutely outstanding! Beautiful as crossing the road.

[KdEtna]

Beautiful!!!! I love Hawaii!