Let's get ready to rumble!
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Posted on 08/27/2020 10:11:57 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
A lake the size of five football fields growing in the belly of a volcano sounds fantastic, but the facts just keep getting stranger in the case of Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano.
A study released this month by the U.S. Geological Survey has found the mysterious lake is one of the world’s hottest bodies of water.
Its deadly waters range from 176 to 185 degrees, according to the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. To put that in perspective, water at 154 degrees “instantaneously” scalds human skin, according to Hotwaterlab.com.
“Globally, only a few volcanic lakes have surface temperatures greater than ... 176 degrees Fahrenheit,” the USGS reported Aug 8.
Why is the water so hot? Experts have not settled on a specific reason.
One factor could be “residual heat” built up in rubble at the base of the site’s pit crater, the USGS says. Another possibility is the nearby gas vents ( fumaroles ) that produce heat in the range of 302 degrees Fahrenheit, the report said.
(Excerpt) Read more at sacbee.com ...
https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/volcanoes/kilauea/kilauea_multimedia_15.html
Scroll for lots on the lake.
Can’t wait for the floor to crack.
Nothing like a steam explosion full of ash and rock.
That will take your eyes off Kenosha for a day or two.
How is the fishing? The article doesn’t address that vital issue.
Laura was supposed to do that, guess not.
I don’t know,
I don’t know,
I don’t know where Ima gonna go when the volcano blow!
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