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] (99 Hits) |  The large collapse on New Year's Eve 2016 removed most of the lava delta formed since July 2016 and ... [info] (66 Hits) |
 As the lava falls, parts of it become detached and are torn into fine glassy filaments (Pele's hair)... [info] (58 Hits) |  The contact with the sea water is brutal. Violent steam explosions (called littoral explosions) frag... [info] (52 Hits) |
 Most of this material contributes to new black sand that is being formed here and accumulates on the... [info] (44 Hits) |  Depending on the size of explosions at the sea entry and the direction of the explosion, as well as ... [info] (50 Hits) |  The ground behind the ocean entry is covered by a layer (up to a few cm thick) of Pele's hair, small... [info] (47 Hits) |
 Pele's hair and Limu o Pele on the ground. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info] (47 Hits) |
 Old ropy pahoehoe lava with a crack encrusted with sulfur and other mineral deposits. This was once ... [info] (45 Hits) |  The western end of the vast lava flows from the ongoing Pu'u 'O'o east rift zone eruption (since 198... [info] (44 Hits) |  Ferns grow in the once lava-spewing fissure of the Mauna Ulu eruption which had started in 1969. (Ph... [info] (46 Hits) |  Lava trees: a flood of lava invaded the forest at the beginning of the eruption, coating the trunks ... [info] (45 Hits) |
 Spatter rampart along a small part of the 1969 eruptive fissure. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info] (37 Hits) |
 Agglutinated spatter - liquid blobs of lava erupted from fountaining activity at the fissure accumul... [info] (31 Hits) |  Part of the eruptive fissure (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info] (39 Hits) |  Plants have started to colonize the smooth, hard surfaces of the fissure. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info] (39 Hits) |
