Explosive Lava Plume - Island of Hawaii
Explosive Lava Plume - Island of Hawaii : A recent phenomenon; massive explosions send molten lava into the air at the base of the plume where molten lava is pumping into the ocean on the Island of Hawaii. The plume is comprised of steam, sulfur dioxide, glass particles, ash, rock, and black sand. As the molten lava pours out of the lava tubes that carried it from magma chambers under the flanks of Mauna Loa’s Kilauea volcano above, it instantly explodes into black sand and rock fragments. This is the most ocean entry lava that has been seen here in local memory.
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