16:08 
Sat, 21st June 2008
Kilauea’s Rare Explosive Behavior Keeps Park Shut for Third Straight Day
Kilauea Volcano, on Hawaii’s Big Island, has been erupting continuously since 1983, but the cleft mostly gently trickles lava downbound its slopes. Last month, however, the cleft exploded for the prototypal instance since 1924, raining rocks over 75 acres and ripping a newborn vent in the notable Halema’uma’u Crater. Then, early this month, the cleft exploded again. Now, chanceful levels of treat whitener running from the cleft hit kept the tract close the elevation winking for threesome days.
You crapper ready up to fellow on this thin program on the U.S.Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory page, which regularly posts recording and photos in both the circumpolar and frequence spectra.
Photos: Courtesy USGS
Melted From: Wired Science
Tags: dangerous levels, explosive behavior, halema, hawaii, hawaiian volcano observatory, infrared spectra, kilauea, lava, photos, rocks, Science, slopes, sulfur dioxide, u s geological survey, vent
