Lava lake at Kilaueas Halemaumau crater in Hawaii rising
Posted by
JAC on 2/14/2011, 10:30 pm
February 15, 2011 - HAWAII
The lava lake at Kilauea's Halemaumau crater has been rising gradually in the last few months.
Volcanologists don't know what the significance of the rise is.
It's possible that the lava could spill out of the pit and on to the crater floor, though this might take months to happen.
The Hawaii Tribune-Herald reported the observatory's seismologists are also watching an increased number of earthquakes in the upper east rift zone.
Hawaiian Volcanoes Observatory scientist-in-charge Jim Kauahikaua says the increase in seismicity somewhat resembled the prelude to a brief June 2007 eruption in a remote section of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.
But there have also been several similar seismic episodes when nothing happened. Kilauea is the world's longest continually erupting volcano.
The east rift zone began erupting in 1983. -Star Advertiser/AP
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Looks like a big solar eruption is starting up -
JAC,
2/13/2011, 9:14 am- Re: Looks like a big solar eruption is starting up - hillsboroughweather, 2/14/2011, 9:59 pm
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- Ionosphere over Alaska is going nuts - JAC, 2/14/2011, 7:25 pm
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- SOHO recording of M6.6 Flare - JAC, 2/14/2011, 4:47 pm
- TEC hot-spot over HI - getting some rumblings from Kilauea - JAC, 2/14/2011, 3:37 pm
- Lava lake at Kilaueas Halemaumau crater in Hawaii rising - JAC, 2/14/2011, 10:30 pm
- Uh oh - looks like Aurora is going red-line. Whats up with that? - JAC, 2/14/2011, 12:59 pm
- Re: Uh oh - looks like Aurora is going red-line. Whats up with that? - JAC, 2/14/2011, 2:44 pm
- Holy crap! Somebody is going to get fried on the poles. - JAC, 2/14/2011, 1:55 pm
- Solar-wind press going up. Plasmoid could be forming. Warnings up. N & S Pole Coronal Holes. - JAC, 2/14/2011, 1:12 pm
- Re: Uh oh - looks like Aurora is going red-line. Whats up with that? - hillsboroughweather, 2/14/2011, 1:10 pm
- M2 Flare - JAC, 2/14/2011, 1:00 pm
- Solar wind to hit us Tuesday 2/15 around 01 to 02Z - JAC, 2/14/2011, 10:52 am
- Looks like heater is shutting down. - JAC, 2/14/2011, 9:15 am
- The southern-pole coronal-hole has gotten huge and 1158 is still growing - JAC, 2/14/2011, 6:49 am
- R2 Radio Blackout Warning - JAC, 2/14/2011, 6:45 am
- Mw 6.6 Chile - JAC, 2/14/2011, 6:16 am
- Magnetic Storms Affect Humans As Well As Telecommunications - JAC, 2/14/2011, 6:01 am
- Check the magnetosphere - JAC, 2/13/2011, 8:21 pm
- SOLAR FLARE: - JAC, 2/13/2011, 4:36 pm
- Re: Looks like a big solar eruption is starting up - JAC, 2/13/2011, 3:56 pm
- Magnitude 4.5 - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC REGION - JAC, 2/13/2011, 2:57 pm
- M6.6 - JAC, 2/13/2011, 1:08 pm
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- Re: Looks like a big solar eruption is starting up - ArgosyTn, 2/13/2011, 11:30 am
- Re: Looks like a big solar eruption is starting up - ArgosyTn, 2/13/2011, 11:04 am
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