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