Reside video to look at latest Kilauea eruption + Calendar winner introduced

The most recent Kilauea eruption is the scorching information in Hawaii proper now. This eruption is a renewed lava lake inside Halema’uma’u crater. Per the remarks within the January sixth Kilauea update, a number of new lava has inundated a lot of the crater ground which is almost 300 acres or 120 hectares. Wow, that’s plenty of area overlaying an lively lava lake! The brand new depth of lava added onto of the earlier crater ground is estimated to be over 30 ft or 9 meters.

The USGS created a live stream video to watch the activity in Halema’uma’u crater. On the time of publishing on the morning of January seventh, a number of lava fountains are lively. Additionally, as we watched the dwell stream video, we seen how the crater ground is slowly shifting in sloshing movement.

This new eruption at Halema’uma’u is situated at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and might be observed from a distance.

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