Honolulu ع – – Hawaii a Kilauea volcano Return to eruption on Friday by pulling a 100 -foot lava arc (30 meters) in the air and through a section of its crater floor at the top.
It was the 31st Mondé Roche Display of Kilauea since Decemberan appropriate frequency for One of the most active in the world volcanoes.
The northern vent of the summit crater began to splash continuously in the morning, then a lava overflowed a few hours later. The vent started shooting lava fountains in the afternoon.
The eruption was contained in the summit crater and no house was threatened.
Some lucky residents and visitors will have A first row view in the Hawaii volcano national park. If the past is a guide, hundreds of thousands of others will look at popular delivery flows made possible by three camera angles set up by the US Geological Survey.
Each time she talks about the lava, the volunteer of the Janice Wei park service jostles to take photos and videos of Halemaumau Crater – which says that the Indigenous Hawaiian tradition is the house of the Désse of the volcano first. She said that when the melted rock draws high like a fountain, it looks like a roaring reaction engine or waves from the ocean. It can feel its warmth by more than one mile from a distance.
“Each eruption gives the impression of being seated in the first row during the most extraordinary program of nature,” said Wei in an email.
Kilauea is on the island of Hawaii, the largest The Hawaiian archipelago. It is about 200 miles (320 kilometers) south of the largest city in the state, Honolulu, which is on Oahu.
Here’s what you need to know about Kilauea’s latest eruption:
Imposing fountains
melted rock
A lower magma room under the crater of Halemaumau receives the magma directly from the interior of the earth at around 5 cubic yards (3.8 cubic meters) per second, said Ken Hon, responsible scientist at the Observatory of the Hawaiian volcano. It blows the bedroom like a ball and forces the magma in a superior room. From there, it is pushed above the ground through the cracks.
Magma has used the same path to go back to the surface since December, which has made the initial release and the following episodes which are all part of the same eruption, said Hon.
Many presented lava that hovered in the air, in some cases Over 1,000 feet (300 meters). The fountains are generated in part because the magma – which contains released gases as it rises – has traveled to the surface through narrow vents and pipelike.
The expansion magma offer is capped by a heavier magma that had expelled its gas at the end of the previous episode. Finally, enough new magma accumulates to force the degassed magma, and the Magma pulls like a bottle of champagne which was shaken before the cap was broken.
It was the fourth time in 200 years that Kilauea has shot lava fountains in the air in repeated episodes. There were more episodes the last time that Kilauea followed this model: the eruption that started in 1983 started with 44 sessions of fountains. These were spread over three years, however. And the fountains emerged in a distant region, so little could look.
The other two took place in 1959 and 1969.
Predict the future of Kilauea
Scientists do not know how the current eruption will end or how it can change. In 1983, Magma built enough pressure for Kilauea to opened an vent at a lower altitude and began to permanently flee from the lava from there rather than drawing periodically from a higher altitude. The eruption continued in various forms for three decades and ended in 2018.
Something similar could happen again. Or the current eruption could rather stop at the top if its provision of magma has come out.
Scientists can estimate a week, or even a week in advance, when the lava is likely to emerge using sensors around the volcano that detect earthquakes and tiny changes in the corner of the ground, which indicates when the magma swells or deflates.
“Our work is like being a bunch of ants crawling on an elephant trying to understand how the elephant works,” said Hon.
The lava fountains have been shorter lately. Steve Lundblad, a professor of geology at the University of Hawaii at Hilo, said that the fan had perhaps extended, leaving the less pressurized molten rock.
“We are always going to have spectacular eruptions,” he said. “They will just be wider and not so high.”
Porter stories from Pelé
Some people can see lava flows as destructive. But Huiihi Kanahele-Mossman, executive director of the Edith Kanakaʻole Foundation, said Lava is a natural resource that hardens in the ground and forms the basics of everything on the island of Hawaii.
Kanahele-Mossman’s non-profit organization bears the name of her grandmother-the estimated practitioner of the Hawaiian language and culture and founder of a Halau, or school. Hālau o Kekuhi is celebrated for his mastery of a Hula style rooted in the stories of Pelé and his sister, Hiʻiak.
Kanahele-Mossman has visited the crater several times since the start of the eruption. She initially looks with admiration and respect. But then, she observes more details so that she can go home and compare her to the lava in the searious tales that her school makes. During her stay at the crater, she also delivers a song prepared in advance and places the offerings. Recently, she presented Awa, a Kava -based drink and a Lei fern.
“You as a dancer, you are the storyteller and you carry this story that has been written in these Mele forward,” she said, using the Hawaiian word for Song. “To be able to really see this eruption described in the Mele, it is always exciting for us and motivates us and motivates us to stay in this tradition.”
Visit the volcano
The park’s visit has increased the eight months of the year so far, partly because of the eruption. In April, there were 49% more visitors as the same month of 2024.
Park spokesperson Jessica Ferracane noted that the last episodes only lasted 10 to 12 hours. Those who wish to go there should register for US Geological Survey Alert notifications Because the eruption could be finished before knowing it, she said.
She warned that visitors should stay on marked and overhang trails because the edges and cracks of unstable cliffs in the earth may not be immediately apparent, and the fall could cause serious injuries or death. Young children must be kept close.
Volcanic gas, glass and ashes can also be dangerous. Night visitors should bring a flashlight.
