Kilauea volcano (Hawaii): overview and geologic features
Kilauea volcano is difficult to recognize as a volcano because it is a vast and still relatively low... [info]
(191 Hits)
(191 Hits)
The large collapse on New Year's Eve 2016 removed most of the lava delta formed since July 2016 and ... [info]
(132 Hits)
(132 Hits)
As the lava falls, parts of it become detached and are torn into fine glassy filaments (Pele's hair)... [info]
(137 Hits)
(137 Hits)
The contact with the sea water is brutal. Violent steam explosions (called littoral explosions) frag... [info]
(120 Hits)
(120 Hits)
Most of this material contributes to new black sand that is being formed here and accumulates on the... [info]
(109 Hits)
(109 Hits)
Depending on the size of explosions at the sea entry and the direction of the explosion, as well as ... [info]
(128 Hits)
(128 Hits)
The ground behind the ocean entry is covered by a layer (up to a few cm thick) of Pele's hair, small... [info]
(98 Hits)
(98 Hits)
Pele's hair and Limu o Pele on the ground. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
(103 Hits)
(103 Hits)
Old ropy pahoehoe lava with a crack encrusted with sulfur and other mineral deposits. This was once ... [info]
(97 Hits)
(97 Hits)
The western end of the vast lava flows from the ongoing Pu'u 'O'o east rift zone eruption (since 198... [info]
(94 Hits)
(94 Hits)
Ferns grow in the once lava-spewing fissure of the Mauna Ulu eruption which had started in 1969. (Ph... [info]
(91 Hits)
(91 Hits)
Lava trees: a flood of lava invaded the forest at the beginning of the eruption, coating the trunks ... [info]
(92 Hits)
(92 Hits)
Spatter rampart along a small part of the 1969 eruptive fissure. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
(81 Hits)
(81 Hits)
Agglutinated spatter - liquid blobs of lava erupted from fountaining activity at the fissure accumul... [info]
(73 Hits)
(73 Hits)
Part of the eruptive fissure (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
(75 Hits)
(75 Hits)
Plants have started to colonize the smooth, hard surfaces of the fissure. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
(76 Hits)
(76 Hits)
