Tag Archive | "hoo"

On May 24, 2016, two new flows broke out on the flanks of the Puʻu ʻŌʻō cone on Kīlauea Volcano's East Rift Zone. The silvery sheen of new lava erupting from the northern 61f breakout (center) and eastern 61g breakout (upper left) stands out in contrast to the older flows on and around Puʻu ʻŌʻō (right). The 61f flow stagnated within two weeks, but the 61g flow, which advanced downslope and reached the ocean on July 26, 2016, remains active today. USGS photo.

Volcano Watch: KÄ«lauea Volcano’s East Rift Zone eruption – here’s what happened in 2016

Posted on 10:56 am, Thursday, December 29, 2016. Tags: , ,

When 2016 began, lava was erupting from the June 27th vent on the north flank of the Puʻu ʻŌʻō cone. This was the same vent that fed flows toward Pāhoa in 2014 and early 2015.

Read the full story

Posted in Featured, Sci-Tech, VolcanoComments (0)

This building housed the Kīlauea cyclorama at the Chicago World’s Fair in1893. Positioned above the entrance to the cyclorama was a statue of Pele, the Hawaiian volcano goddess, standing on a lava flow and holding a flame. For more info, please see https://chicagology.com/columbiaexpo/fair052/

Volcano Watch: 19th century virtual reality brings Hawaiian volcano to life

Posted on 1:12 pm, Thursday, December 22, 2016. Tags: , , ,

The simulation of real and imaginary worlds for video games, movies, and other purposes has become big business in the 21st century. Virtual reality technology is improving rapidly, but the basic concept is not new.

Read the full story

Posted in Featured, Sci-Tech, VolcanoComments (0)

20160616-usgs-61g-lavaflow-04-t

Volcano Watch: Kīlauea Volcano’s new lava flows: the latest chapter in the dynamic history of Puʻu ʻŌʻō

Posted on 10:03 pm, Thursday, June 16, 2016. Tags: , , , ,

As of June 16, the 61g flow is moving steadily southeast along, and just outside of, the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park boundary.

Read the full story

Posted in Featured, Sci-Tech, VolcanoComments (0)


RSS Weather Alerts

  • An error has occurred, which probably means the feed is down. Try again later.

 

Quantcast