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Lava lake forms as Hawaii volcano erupts after 2-year break
KSAT ^ | December 22, 2020 | Audrey Mcavoy

Posted on 12/22/2020 8:56:54 PM PST by nickcarraway

Lava was rising more than 3 feet (1 meter) per hour in the deep crater of a Hawaii volcano that began erupting over the weekend after a two-year break, scientists said Tuesday.

Kilauea volcano within Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on the Big Island was gushing molten rock from at least two vents inside its summit crater, the U.S. Geological Survey said. A lava lake has formed, rising about 440 feet (134 meters) from the bottom of the crater.

Since the eruption began Sunday night, Kilauea has spewed some 2 billion gallons of lava (10 million cubic meters), enough to cover 33 acres (13 hectares). The lava has been contained inside the deep crater.

(Excerpt) Read more at ksat.com ...


TOPICS: Local News; Science; Weather
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1 posted on 12/22/2020 8:56:54 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

How high’s the lava, mama?
Two feet high and risin’
How high’s the lava, papa?
Two feet high and risin’

We can make it to the road in a homemade boat
That’s the only thing we got left that’ll float
It’s already over all the wheat and the oats,
Two feet high and risin’

Five Feet High and Rising - Johnny Cash
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BK7P4Sgomtw


2 posted on 12/22/2020 9:04:06 PM PST by ETL (REAL Russia collusion! DEMOCRAT-Russia collusion!! Click ETL...)
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>2 billion gallons of lava (10 million cubic meters), enough to cover 33 acres (13 hectares).

Bad math. You cannot convert volume to area. They probably meant the crater is 33 acres at the lava surface.


3 posted on 12/22/2020 9:08:54 PM PST by UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide (White Privilege does NOT begin with Being White but when you ACT "WHITE"! So, -- ACT "WHITE"!)
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"You cannot convert volume to area>"

Yes you can. Haven't you heard of the holographic principle?

4 posted on 12/22/2020 9:23:33 PM PST by who_would_fardels_bear (This is not my current tagline.)
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I doubt these are related to this event.

6 posted on 12/22/2020 9:37:37 PM PST by ETL (REAL Russia collusion! DEMOCRAT-Russia collusion!! Click ETL...)
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To: UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide

Volume divided by area equals depth

10e6m^3 / 13ha = 77m

77m average depth is reasonably deep


7 posted on 12/22/2020 9:41:38 PM PST by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Gone but not forgiven.)
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It says it is 134m deep, obviously not uniform since the crater is closer to an elliptical cone than to a cubic swimming pool.

(I watched Big Bang Theory once. When Sheldon referred to a tapered cup as a cylinder rather than a truncated cone, I turned it off.)


8 posted on 12/22/2020 9:57:05 PM PST by UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide (White Privilege does NOT begin with Being White but when you ACT "WHITE"! So, -- ACT "WHITE"!)
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(I watched Big Bang Theory once. When Sheldon referred to a tapered cup as a cylinder rather than a truncated cone, I turned it off.)

I stopped considering watching it once I saw that an over the top fruit loop would be playing the role of the "theoretical physicist". Physicists, astronomers, most other such scientists are of course liberal, but none that I'm aware of are silly girly boys like him. With the series title "Big Bang Theory" I had previously thought it might be worth a try. Don't know why I thought that, given that damn near every series since the 70s horribly sucked.

"On May 23, 2012, an article in The New York Times noted that Parsons is gay and had been in a relationship for the last ten years.[40] His husband is art director Todd Spiewak. In October 2013, Parsons called their relationship "an act of love, coffee in the morning, going to work, washing the clothes, taking the dogs out—a regular life, boring love".[41] Parsons and Spiewak wed in New York in May 2017.[37]

Parsons supported Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton in the run-up for the 2016 United States presidential election.[42]"

--Wikipedia

9 posted on 12/22/2020 10:09:35 PM PST by ETL (REAL Russia collusion! DEMOCRAT-Russia collusion!! Click ETL...)
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Lava
10 posted on 12/22/2020 10:12:39 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (Dear Clare, The awkward time is almost over. Love, Normal Americans)
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To: nickcarraway

Sounds and probably smells like my stomach’s gas but not as deadly. (Antibiotics and post-cancer radiation by-products re digestion).

When I give a warning about a “big one”, I yell “There she blows” which means get out of the way - it could take out a wall. Volcanoes!! Hummpf. Amateurs compared to my stomach but more exciting to watch, at a safe distance.


11 posted on 12/22/2020 10:21:35 PM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: nickcarraway

bookmark


12 posted on 12/22/2020 10:47:45 PM PST by GOP Poet (Super cool you can change your tag line EVERYTIME you post!! :D. (Small things make me happy))
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When they are going to portray a brainy but awkward physicist, the writers still have to be able to pull off the brainy part.

I haven’t liked anything on TV since the 60s. Fred Silverman destroyed television.


13 posted on 12/23/2020 1:45:46 AM PST by UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide (White Privilege does NOT begin with Being White but when you ACT "WHITE"! So, -- ACT "WHITE"!)
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To: ETL

Lava Time, John Layne and Aeon’s Promise

https://www.soundclick.com/music/songInfo.cfm?songID=14104160

Yea it rocks..


14 posted on 12/23/2020 3:38:46 AM PST by aces (and )
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To: UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide

They may have simply meant given the topography of the area.


15 posted on 12/23/2020 3:40:23 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide

The fruitcake actor who portrays a ‘theoretical physicist’ in that ridiculously stupid Big Bang Theory tv series does not even approach being a convincing one. Whoever put that dopey series together hasn’t a clue about the field of theoretical physics. Most are no doubt Libs, but none that I’m aware of are such feminine, obviously gay, girly men like him.


16 posted on 12/23/2020 4:08:32 AM PST by ETL (REAL Russia collusion! DEMOCRAT-Russia collusion!! Click ETL...)
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To: UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide

Someone needs to walk out on it with a tape measure and get the correct answer.


17 posted on 12/23/2020 4:13:46 AM PST by foundedonpurpose (Praise Hashem, for his restoration of all things!)
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To: aces

Was the singer being engulfed by molten lava during that song? Because it sounded like he was in a lot of pain.

Seriously, that was a bit too hardcore for me. Furthest I go in that general area is Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Sabbath, etc.

But thanks anyway. :)


18 posted on 12/23/2020 4:19:03 AM PST by ETL (REAL Russia collusion! DEMOCRAT-Russia collusion!! Click ETL...)
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To: ETL
I love the show. I am not a theoretical physicist so I don't give a crap about minor flaws that I don't catch. I loved Fringe and would imagine they played lose with physics, but I wouldn't know. I was in law enforcement but I still let slide minor violations of the legal variety if they are not over the top. I want to be entertained. I don't even mind that there is no Ironman, Thor, Aqua-man, Superman, Batman,.......they are just entertainment.

As for Sheldon, he was really asexual until he ended up with a wife. They did not push the fact he is gay. And the other characters are great as are the reoccurring guest (Cathy Bates, Teller, Bob Newhart,....)

Everyone has their likes and dislikes. About the only shows I have liked recently are Big Bang and Last Man Standing. But that's just me.

19 posted on 12/23/2020 4:46:09 AM PST by MPJackal ("From my cold dead hands.")
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As for Sheldon, he was really asexual until he ended up with a wife. They did not push the fact he is gay.

He shouts it from the rooftop by just being who he is. Doesn't matter if they try to pass him off as normal. He's obviously a flaming fruit loop. Perhaps even worse is Modern Family, another really popular show in this new, totally screwed-up world we're living in today.

20 posted on 12/23/2020 4:53:15 AM PST by ETL (REAL Russia collusion! DEMOCRAT-Russia collusion!! Click ETL...)
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