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Hawaii’s destructive lava flows hit the ocean, making the Big Island bigger

sudshr47 May 21, 2018

The history of Hawaii is a tale of lava flowing into the sea.
Bounties of fresh lava poured out of the Kilauea volcano’s recently opened fissures this weekend, producing orange molten rivers that flowed downslope to the Pacific Ocean. When they…

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Stunning helicopter footage shows Hawaii volcano’s fast-moving lava flow

sudshr47 May 19, 2018

The United States Geological Survey released stunning new footage on Saturday showing the lava pouring from a fissure created by activity around Kilauea, an active volcano in Hawaii that exploded Thursday morning.
The footage, which was filmed just b…

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Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano just exploded

sudshr47 May 17, 2018

Hawaii’s volcanologists got it right.
Although Hawaii’s volcanoes rarely erupt explosively, a perfect stage had been set for such an eruption to occur this week, and it did. According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano eru…

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Deep beneath the Pacific, another active Hawaiian volcano waits to emerge

sudshr47 May 17, 2018

As Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano continues to spew lava into neighborhoods and eject foreboding plumes of dark ash into the sky, a nearby underwater volcano named Lo‘ihi patiently waits to rise above the surface.

Like all Hawaiian volcanoes, dead and alive, Lo‘ihi has grown steadily from the depths of the Pacific Ocean as lava spews from it and quickly cools, slowly adding more mass to the underwater mountain.

If Lo‘ihi keeps erupting lava, gradually building up its surface area, the active volcano could very well become Hawaii’s next Big Island volcano. It’s also possible that the volcano could even start its own, brand new Hawaiian island. Read more…

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Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano could keep erupting for months. Here’s why.

sudshr47 May 16, 2018

Hawaii’s young, lively Kilauea volcano shows no signs of slowing down.
On May 4, the first lava-swollen fissure opened up in the Leilani Estates neighborhood on the eastern flank of Kilauea. Soon after, 16 more fissures opened in the area.&#160…

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An astronaut saw Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupting from space. And he took a picture.

sudshr47 May 14, 2018

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano has been spewing plumes of ash and steam from its main vent and oozing lava into nearby neighborhoods since the beginning of May.

And now, even astronauts on the International Space Station can see the volcanic activity from orbit.

NASA astronaut Andrew Feustel — a current Space Station crewmember — snapped a photo of the volcano belching out a thick plume of steam tinged with a bit of ash from his post 250 miles above.

The vent photographed by Feustel is named Halema’uma’u but commonly called the “overlook vent,” as it’s a popular destination in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Read more…

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Creeping lava engulfs roads and homes in videos, photos from Hawaii

sudshr47 May 7, 2018

The ground atop Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano has continued to split and rupture, creating at least 10 reported fissures and so far slowly swallowing 26 homes in the Leilani Estates neighborhood.
The eruption activity began Thursday evening with just one …

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Hawaii volcano eruption brings the state’s worst earthquake in decades

sudshr47 May 5, 2018

Right on the heels of Thursday’s volcano eruption in Hawaii, a pair of earthquakes struck the state as residents contended with ongoing evacuations and noxious gas in the air.
The first, a 5.4-magnitude quake according to the United States Geological…

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Hawaii bans sunscreens deemed harmful to coral reefs

sudshr47 May 4, 2018

Looking forward to a day exploring coral reefs in Hawaii? Make sure you’re wearing the right, non-banned sunscreen.

Hawaii has become the first US state to ban sunscreens deemed harmful to coral reefs. Effective from Jan. 1, 2021, the bill was signed by state governor David Ige on Tuesday.

The legislature focuses on the environmental impacts of two chemicals found in some sunscreens, oxybenzone and octinoxate, and their effect on Hawaii’s marine ecosystems — including coral reefs. The bill will prohibit the sale and distribution of sunscreen containing these chemicals without a prescription. Read more…

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Details and solutions emerge for missile threat false alarm in Hawaii

sudshr47 January 30, 2018

A preliminary report from the FCC has revealed additional details about the situation that caused a false missile threat alarm in Hawaii earlier this month. It really was human error, as initial reports indicated, but now the nature of that error…

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Worker who sent Hawaii’s false alarm believed there really was a missile attack

sudshr47 January 30, 2018

A preliminary investigation into that terrifying ballistic missile false alarm that sent Hawaii into an end-of-the-world tizzy a few weeks ago has found the hysteria was caused by a worker who sent it really believed a missile was on its way.
S…