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Posts treating: "Pu'u O'o"
Sunday, 26 June 2016
The Pu'u O'o cone from above Hilo
Disclaimer: This is NOT happening right now! These pictures are from 2009.
Pu'u O'o is the invisible volcano on the Big Island. It's been the center of eruptive activity for much of the last thirty years, but there are very few easily accessible localities from which it can be seen. One pretty much has to fly over it to see anything at all.
We
Continuing the story from the previous post,
I had a second chance to see a volcano in action in 2004. I was the
newly elected president of the Far West Section of the National
Association of Geoscience Teachers, and for my first conference, I had
persuaded someone to sponsor a meeting in Hilo, Hawaii. The volcano on the Big Island at Pu'u O'o had
continued to be active over the
Yes, Hawai'i gets two spots on my top ten list of the most incredible places I've ever stood. A few days ago I talked about my wonderful adventure in the swamps of the Alaka'i Plateau on Kaua'i, but today we'll hear about the Big Island, and the rather incredible volcano there that has been erupting continuously now for thirty-one years, since 1983. The ongoing eruption of Kilauea and
This week I was very lucky to get the chance to help on a station installation project with the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. I'm trying very hard to not make this post "!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" because that is how I feel. :)First of all, all my field work thus far has been by foot, truck, car, and ATV. This was my first helicopter field work. That alone was beyond exciting! Originally there were 2 days scheduled for the install but a weather day [...]
That my friends is a photo of Pu'u O'o taken by me! I had the most amazing
March 5th through 7th both the Halema'uma'u lava lake and the Pu'u O'o vent drained! Pu`u `Ō
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