Posted on 05/24/2018 11:56:04 AM PDT by ETL
The U.S. Geological Survey has posted footage of the strange blue burning flames on its Facebook and Twitter accounts. Caused by methane gas, the flames were observed on cracks in a street in Hawaii’s Leilani Estates Subdivision on May 22.
“When hot lava buries plants and shrubs, methane gas is produced as a byproduct of burning vegetation,” explains the USGS, in the post. “Methane gas can seep into subsurface voids and explode when heated, or as shown in this video, emerge from cracks in the ground several feet away from the lava. When ignited, the methane produces a blue flame.”
Intermittent short bursts of methane are visible in the video, as is “lava fountaining,” which occurs when a jet of lava is sprayed into the air by the rapid formation and expansion of gas bubbles in molten rock.
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That just hit my brain eye with a fist of memory.
I didn't expect that as I scrolled.
ABSOLUTELY LOVELY !
copper ?
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Bet mine is faster than yours.
I only came in for a drink when ....
So the roadway is turned into a gas range. Where’s my skillet?
Judging by the Station Weapon in the background, that was taken in the late 1960s.
Self ping.
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Yep.
As a kid growing up then, TBF was big stuff.
They probably didn’t want to ‘scare’ people by mentioning that incomplete combustion also causes ALOT of Carbon Monoxide to be produced and some subsequently burns.
SO volcanoes cause pollutants ? I Have never ever heard a leftard mention that phenomenon - nor that Algore’s plane trips give him the carbon footprint of a thousand sane people.
Carbon monoxide or sulfur burning?
Methane in the main article. Says it in the excerpt. Post 14 apparently is sulfur. Don’t know about 17 and 19.
If it’s methane, then Hawaii should be taxed, just like cows are.
Blue flames ping!
"Pele my finger."
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