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Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupts, lava fountains form in park
ABC ^ | 29 September 2021 | CALEB JONES Associated Press

Posted on 09/30/2021 1:28:22 AM PDT by blueplum

HONOLULU -- One of the most active volcanos on Earth is erupting on Hawaii's Big Island.

Officials with the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed Wednesday that an eruption has begun in Kilauea volcano's Halemaumau crater at the volcano's summit.

Webcam footage of the crater showed lava fountains covering the floor of the crater and billowing clouds of volcanic gas were rising into the air. The same area has been home to a large lava lake at various times throughout the volcano's eruptive past....

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


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KEYWORDS: bigisland; geology; kilauea; volcanos
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To: mewzilla

Thank God...

Though the folks in the areas where homes have been swallowed may not think there’s much diff.

Hope to heck they’ve got insurance.


21 posted on 09/30/2021 5:18:27 AM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: SaveFerris
Just saw this from a couple of days ago.

Lava-damaged restoration projects set to begin in Puna

22 posted on 09/30/2021 5:20:08 AM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: mewzilla

Global warming must be heating up all the volcanos, making them erupt.

/Libbie reasoning.


23 posted on 09/30/2021 5:22:23 AM PDT by Cecily
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To: stormhill

Wasn’t there a report someplace that said the CO2 out of one volcano was more that all of mankinds C02 output in the lifetime of men>


24 posted on 09/30/2021 5:47:57 AM PDT by oldasrocks
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To: oldasrocks

Mt. Pinatubo. P.I.

I’m waiting for Yellowstone to blow.


25 posted on 09/30/2021 6:15:06 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: mewzilla

There’s 1500 land volcanos and 900,000 sea floor volcanos. I’m fairly certain there are always more than 3 popping off at any given time.


26 posted on 09/30/2021 6:27:31 AM PDT by freedomlver
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To: oldasrocks

Not sure if this is the one your looking for but it says the same thing.

https://principia-scientific.com/a-volcano-eruption-can-emit-more-co2-than-all-humanity-why-worry/


27 posted on 09/30/2021 6:28:40 AM PDT by freedomlver
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To: mewzilla

2 years of useless delay.


29 posted on 09/30/2021 7:43:15 AM PDT by WMarshal ("Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither.")
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To: ping jockey
If you want to see evidence of underwater volcano landslides then look at the sea floor just northeast of the island of Oahu:

Those slides killed a lot of people on the west coast of the Americas.

30 posted on 09/30/2021 7:50:01 AM PDT by WMarshal ("Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither.")
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To: Wilhelm Tell

It’s a huge island , eith 5 different volcanoes .3 of which deemed active or potentially active . Kilauea , the most active , affect only certain areas. . But when it affects, it REALLY affects. ...
I live nowhere near those affected areas


32 posted on 09/30/2021 3:20:24 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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To: BiglyCommentary

34 posted on 10/01/2021 12:37:15 PM PDT by Trillian
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To: Trillian

DO IT!!


35 posted on 10/01/2021 12:46:28 PM PDT by BiglyCommentary
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To: BiglyCommentary

36 posted on 10/01/2021 12:51:50 PM PDT by Trillian
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To: Trillian

Kilauea 2023 June Eruption

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-xqPZv6OVk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5DD_yCkODE


37 posted on 06/08/2023 5:23:29 PM PDT by Texan4Life
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