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.
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Wherever I go I hope there’s Rum!
>>Why is the water so hot? Experts have not settled on a specific reason.<<
I am not a geologist nor did I stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night, but I would think the fact the lake is INSIDE A VOLCANO might have something to do with it.
No time to count what I’m worth,
cause I just left the planet Earth.
Where I go I hope there’s rum.
Not to worry mon soon come.
That’s your White privilege making you think that.
Math, Geology, and Physics are racist.
(Your Grammar and punctuation as well)
The temperature of the lake, after a certain point, would be determined by a balance between the heating applied, the evaporation of the water, and the influx of cooler water.
Another way to look at the situation, is why has the lake, being so hot, not completely evaporated? It being a very wet climate surely is part of the answer, but is that all? Perhaps the lake being hotter than others means that it is on the brief path of evaporating and disappearing.
First thing that came to mind from the headline:
“... with Paul Schaffer and the World’s Most Dangerous ... lakes?”
Pretty fascinating stuff.
It could be global warming. /s
Hmmm, how did I miss that??
I know, I know.
"Because it's in a volcano!"
“I am not a geologist nor did I stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night, but I would think the fact the lake is INSIDE A VOLCANO might have something to do with it.”
Hold your horses there, cowboy. There can be some serious grant money submerged in that inscrutable mystery.
So, to put it in perspective, any fish you catch are already cooked.
Thank you.
I too came to that conclusion, but being no expert...
Thank you.
I too came to that conclusion, but being no expert...
LOL
All I want to know is, when will the lake blow up and eliminate all life on earth? I want to put that on my calendar so I have another reason to never visit Hawaii again.
I hope that lake isn’t trapping CO2 like that lake in Cameroon did. When that one blew, it killed over a thousand people through suffocation.
I have analyzed available data and have concluded the water is hot because it is located atop an active volcano with an impereable surface layer
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