Lava eruption. Medical search. Frequent questions

Communicating risk for volcanic eruptions is not straightforward. (understandrisk.org)
Even though the science of forecasting volcanic eruption has come a long way, anticipating volcanic eruptions and communicating uncertainty is far from being infallible, with other barriers that can prevent timely actions. (understandrisk.org)
This session will bring together scientists and decision makers who will draw from their experience to explore the tradeoffs of science communication and science facts by using real-life examples where communicating risk of volcanic eruptions worked well, and others where it could have been improved. (understandrisk.org)
This is an incomplete list of volcanic eruptions in Iceland. (wikipedia.org)
What causes volcanic eruptions? (dw.com)
Learn more about volcanic eruptions and pay attention to warnings from local authorities for the best advice available on specific actions you can take to stay safe. (cdc.gov)
Ancient to modern eyewitness accounts document the devastation and spectacle associated with volcanic eruptions. (cdc.gov)
For centuries, artists have depicted in their works both the sublime beauty and unthinkable destruction of volcanic eruptions. (cdc.gov)
Volcanic eruptions are among the most dramatic, unpredictable, and dangerous threats from Mother Nature. (cdc.gov)

The 2021 lava flows at Cumbre Vieja, La Palma in Spain, Nyiragongo volcano in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the 2018 eruption at Kīlauea volcano, Hawaii in the United States have destroyed thousands of buildings. (earthobservatory.sg)
In our recent study published in the Bulletin of Volcanology , in collaboration with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and GNS Science, we investigated the impacts of the 2018 lava flows of Kīlauea volcano. (earthobservatory.sg)
In May 2018, lava flows erupted from fissures in the residential Leilani Estates, in lower Puna, on the west of Hawai`i Island, and lasted until August. (earthobservatory.sg)
Mayon volcano experienced a second explosion on the morning of Jan. 24, 2018, sending out volcanic ash plumes and lava fountains. (livescience.com)
The unprecedented cost of the 2018 eruption in Hawai'i reflects an intersection of disparate physical and social phenomena: widely spaced, highly destructive eruptions, and atypically high population growth. (nature.com)
Lava eruptions from Kilauea in 2018, which typically produces a lower volume of material compared to Mauna Loa, still managed to destroy a number of homes and other infrastructure. (forbes.com)
Geosciences professor Erik Klemetti notes, "With our modern ability to monitor volcanoes in many remote locations thanks to satellites, and the speed with which news travels around the globe today, an eruption that might have gone unnoticed 100 years ago is bound to make headlines in 2018. (cdc.gov)

Lava bursts from Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island hit a local resident. (rt.com)
(BIVN) - Kilauea volcano continues to erupt at its summit, with multiple vents along the crater floor and western wall feeding an active lava lake. (bigislandvideonews.com)
News for the snowy (well, here) midweek: Lava flows from Kilauea surround an old structure at Royal Gardens in Hawai`i. (scienceblogs.com)
Lava flows from Kilauea in Hawai`i move towards a home in Kalapana. (scienceblogs.com)
On to news: To go with the news that lava flows from Kilauea creep ever closer to structures in Kalapana, the NASA Earth Observatory posts its first volcano image in a bit. (scienceblogs.com)
The Big Island, one of eight main islands that make up Hawaii state, is struggling with tourist bookings following the Kilauea volcano eruptions, with summer bookings at the island down 50 percent. (forbes.com)

In other words, what counts as effective warnings in the event of a volcano eruption? (understandrisk.org)
New pictures from space of the La Palma volcano eruption within the Canary Islands present the unstoppable river of lava flowing into the Atlantic Ocean simply as locals report new earthquakes within the area. (myspaceastronomy.com)

Lava from a volcano reaches the sea on the Canary island of La Palma, Spain in the early hours of Wednesday Sept. 29, 2021. (phys.org)
Lava from the new volcano on the Canary Island of La Palma reached the Atlantic ocean last night, at the area known as Los Guirres beach, also known as Playa Nueva (New Beach). (phys.org)
A bright red river of lava from the volcano on Spain's La Palma island finally tumbled over a cliff and into the Atlantic Ocean, setting off huge plumes of steam and possibly toxic gases that forced local residents outside the evacuation zone to remain indoors on Wednesday. (phys.org)
Lava spewed from the volcano on the Spanish island of La Palma overnight, with slow motion footage showing rivers of molten rock pouring onto the island. (sky.com)
It's been almost two years since the Cumbre Vieja volcano erupted in the Canary Islands covered La Palma island with 200 million cubic meters of lava, with an average depth of 50 feet. (aworkstation.com)
Read about the lava tubes of La Palma and the scientists who dare enter them at Smithsonian. (aworkstation.com)
The burning lava scar on the western flanks of La Palma, one of many islands of the Spain-governed Canary archipelago off the coast of northwest Africa, glows brightly in nighttime pictures captured by U.S. Earth commentary firm Maxar Technologies on Thursday (Sept. 30). (myspaceastronomy.com)
This picture captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite on 30 September, reveals the circulate of lava from the volcano erupting on the Spanish island of La Palma. (myspaceastronomy.com)
This study assesses the potential impacts on human health of volcanic ash emitted during the 2021 Tajogaite eruption (La Palma Island, Spain). (bvsalud.org)

In the event of an eruption, most likely location is at the magma tunnel according to the Met Office. (yahoo.com)
The Fujinomiya city government regularly updates information and advice for residents to follow in the event of an eruption, a city official told DW, adding that the findings of the new report will be incorporated into the next advisory. (dw.com)
So in the event of an eruption, be sure to stay up to date with local information from the HVO and Hawaii County Civil Defense to stay safe. (forbes.com)

The reason for that is basically that the pipes had to be constantly moved further onto the lava, closer to the crater, so that the pressure drop in the pipes, as well as increased height, caused less efficiency [loss of head due to friction]. (usgs.gov)
The area above the [fish-]processing plants and a lava field just north of the crater were cooled most markedly. (usgs.gov)
Between yesterday morning and this morning (Jan. 24), the Mayon volcano has launched five intense lava fountains from the summit crater, with these events lasting from 7 minutes to an hour and 24 minutes, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS). (livescience.com)
During the morning of May 21, 2023 at 8:00 am, explosive activity suddenly began at Southeast Crater and immediately evolved into lava fountaining. (guidevulcanologicheetna.it)
The cloud cover prevented the observation of the volcanic phenomenon which was characterized by the formation of one or more lava fountains, considering the consistent fallout deposit of explosive material (ashes and scoria) along the sides of the volcano, jets were generated of lava sustained for about 3 hours, at a height of at least 500/600 meters above the rim of the same crater. (guidevulcanologicheetna.it)
When I visit Ibu Volcano, some rock fall still continuesly and now, it's looks merger the Active Crater in One Main Active craters and still very active with Gas Presure and also some times made Ash and Rock Plume arround the active craters, but this unstable eruption. (idtreks.com)
A new hazard map suggests that as many as 1.3 billion cubic meters of lava could flow from the crater. (dw.com)
Even more worryingly, the new study estimates that as many as 1.3 billion cubic meters of lava could flow from the crater, up from the 700 million cubic meters that was predicted previously. (dw.com)
At Kīlauea Volcano, lava continues to erupt within Halemaʻumaʻu Crater. (bigislandnow.com)
However, the number of active fountaining locations at the base and on the west wall of the crater has decreased just two days since the eruption began, and the rate of lava lake rise has slowed, the US Geological Survey reported Friday, Oct. 1. (bigislandnow.com)

This time, curious onlookers have flocked to the eruption site. (insiderpaper.com)

This will help us prepare for future eruptions. (earthobservatory.sg)
Given these results, this has implications for the timing, and thus impact of possible future eruptions in the AVF. (lu.se)

Hawaiian basaltic eruptions commonly initiate as a fissure, producing fountains, spattering, and clastogenic lava flows. (springer.com)
(BIVN) - Fountains from the 180 ft. tall Fissure 8 spatter cone continue to supply lava to the open channel with intermittent small, short-lived overflows, scientists reported Friday. (bigislandvideonews.com)
Explosions shook the Mayon volcano, while fountains of lava spewed from its summit today (Jan. 22), causing the Philippines government to raise the hazard level from 3 to 4, indicating a violent eruption is imminent. (livescience.com)
Video: Mayon volcano spews fountains of red-hot lava & massive ash. (rinf.com)
Additional hazards include Pele's hair and other lightweight volcanic glass fragments from the lava fountains that will fall downwind of the fissure vents and dust the ground within a few hundred meters (yards) of the vent(s). (bigislandnow.com)
Last year's eruption on the same peninsula resulted in lava fountains shooting upwards for months. (insiderpaper.com)

HAWAIʻI VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK - The lava lake has risen approximately 27 meters, or 89 feet, since the start of the eruption. (bigislandvideonews.com)
As of Sunday morning, all lava activity is confined to the summit caldera within Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park. (bigislandvideonews.com)
Lava flows are deadly streams of molten rock that sometimes erupt from volcanoes around the world. (earthobservatory.sg)
Lava is also a hazard in Southeast Asia, with 60 recorded lava flows at volcanoes in Indonesia and the Philippines in the last 50 years. (earthobservatory.sg)
Landsat 8 captured fine details of the lava flowing in Iceland between the Bardarbunga and Askja volcanoes. (nasa.gov)
There are reports of a new volcanic eruption in eastern Hawaii, well east of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, south of Hilo. (weatherboy.com)
Video: Xmas Eve eruption: One of Mexico's most active volcanoes sends. (rinf.com)
As of Friday morning, all lava activity remains confined within Halemaʻumaʻu, in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park. (bigislandnow.com)
This new eruption at Kīlauea's summit is occurring within a closed area of Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park. (bigislandnow.com)
Then lava began pouring and shooting out of the volcanoes. (soranews24.com)
If you want to take a gamble on a chance encounter with the Nishinoshima volcanoes then check out the Ogasawara website below and look into booking a cruise, or do it anyway because its a great place for a relaxing getaway… even despite the lava explosions. (soranews24.com)
Therefore, understanding the eruption history of the local volcanoes in the field is of great importance in order to assess future hazards that they may pose. (lu.se)
Volcanoes can produce ash, toxic gases, flash floods of hot water and debris called lahars, lava flows, and fast-moving flows of hot gases and debris called pyroclastic flows. (cdc.gov)
Some dangers from volcanoes can be predicted ahead of time while others may occur with little or no notice after an eruption. (cdc.gov)

We conclude that lava inundation and drainage processes in basaltic fissure eruptions can play an important role in controlling their localization and longevity. (springer.com)
Basaltic fissure eruptions account for the bulk of the Earth's magma output (Sigurdsson 2000 ). (springer.com)
Basaltic fissure eruptions typically initiate as curtains of fountaining basaltic spatter, bombs and lapilli, with heights of 10s to 100s of meters (e.g. (springer.com)
Previous studies of vent localization and termination of basaltic fissure eruptions have focused on thermo-rheological effects and the solidification of magma in the feeder dyke. (springer.com)
When Cinder Cone formed, the magma feeding the eruption changed composition, shifting from basaltic andesite to andesite before returning to basaltic andesite with increased titanium content. (wikipedia.org)
Holuhraun is Iceland's largest basaltic lava flow since the Laki eruption in 1783-84, an event that killed 20 percent of the island's population. (nasa.gov)

We recorded fire damage almost 600 metres away from the edge of the lava flow. (earthobservatory.sg)
Nobles Emigrant Trail goes around Snag Lake and follows the edge of the lava beds. (wikipedia.org)

Heat, steam, and sulfur dioxide from the fissure eruption appear to affect cloud patterns around the volcano. (nasa.gov)
Large amounts of volcanic gas - primarily water vapor (H2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), and sulfur dioxide (SO2) - are continuously released during eruptions of Kīlauea Volcano. (bigislandnow.com)
While Holuhraun continues to spew copious amounts of lava and sulfur dioxide, some observations suggest the eruption may be slowing down. (nasa.gov)

It is given in liters per second (I s -1 )as a function of the number of days from the start of the eruption [23 January 1973]. (usgs.gov)

On the way down from the Cumbre Vieja volcanic ridge, the lava flows have engulfed at least 656 buildings, mostly homes and farm buildings, in its unstoppable march to the sea. (phys.org)
The glowing river of lava from the Cumbre Vieja volcano could be seen reaching the Atlantic Ocean on this picture obtained by Maxar Technologies on 29 Sept. 2021. (myspaceastronomy.com)
The eruption, the primary for Cumbre Vieja since 1971, had been preceded by greater than 20,000 gentle Earth tremors within the week previous to the primary fissure opening. (myspaceastronomy.com)

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists monitoring the eruption today noted that spatter from the fountain near the southeast edge of the island in the center of the lava lake (that formed during the December 2020-May 2021 eruption) is constructing a small cone on the island. (bigislandvideonews.com)
This important outcome confirmed F as element with the greatest health threat during Tajogaite 2021 eruption. (bvsalud.org)

On September 5, 2014, two new fissures opened up near Vatnajökull ice cap in the ongoing eruption at Iceland's Bárdarbunga volcano. (nasa.gov)
On Thursday, glowing red hot lava continued to flow from a volcanic eruption on Iceland's Reykjanes peninsula, about 30 kilometres south-west of the capital Reykjavik. (insiderpaper.com)
Since August 2014, lava has gushed from fissures just north of Vatnajökull, Iceland's largest glacier. (nasa.gov)
Scientists from the University of Iceland's Institute of Earth Sciences have estimated the thickness of the lava field based on data from surveillance flights. (nasa.gov)

The most recent eruption of Mauna Loa in 1984 saw lava reach the outskirts of Hilo on the other side of the island - home to the University of Hawaii - but with several weeks warning. (forbes.com)

A map detailing potential lava flow speed from Mauna Loa. (forbes.com)
An eruption does not necessarily mean a threat to people or property though, as half of the eruptions recorded from Mauna Loa have remained contained to the remote summit area. (forbes.com)

Authorities said that more than 1.7 million people have been affected by the eruption - the 12,346-foot volcano's second this year. (nbcnews.com)
Civil aviation authorities must also advise pilots to avoid flying close to the volcano's summit as ash from any sudden eruption can be hazardous to aircraft. (livescience.com)
Just last week, an eruption sent red-hot lava from the volcano's mouth, so much that it gave the mountain a face-lift of sorts - the lava repaired damage to the southern side of the volcano from previous eruptions, restoring its iconic cone shape. (livescience.com)

We infer that, in these areas, lava ponding over the fissure suppressed discharge of magma, thereby favouring drain-back and stagnation. (springer.com)
In such situations there is always the potential of moving magma finding a way out - leading to an eruption. (lavacentre.is)
This speeds up the rising melt, and a chain reaction starts that can lead to an eruption, if the gases don't run out and the magma doesn't encounter a barrier of some sort that it can't pass. (listverse.com)
Masaki Kimura, a retired volcano expert at Ryukyu University, warned that pressure building in the magma chamber beneath the volcano, as far back as 2013, has reached levels higher than those that were in place shortly before the 1707 eruption. (dw.com)
and (iii) the microlites, which crystallized during magma ascent immediately prior to the eruption. (uniroma1.it)
When the source of magma was exhausted, the remaining liquid lava drained out of the flow, leaving a series of hollow rock tubes to mark its path. (marssociety.org)

Recent studies by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) scientists, working in cooperation with the National Park Service to better understand volcanic hazards in the Lassen area, have firmly established that Cinder Cone was formed during two eruptions that occurred in the 1650s. (wikipedia.org)

TEMAT was activated for the first time in January 2022 to respond to medical and public health needs following the eruption and tsunami. (bvsalud.org)
Discussion: TEMAT's deployment in response to the 2022 volcanic eruption and tsunami highlighted the importance of national emergency medical teams that are prepared to respond to a range of emergency events. (bvsalud.org)

An operation was mounted to cool the advancing lava flow by pumping sea water onto it, which was successful in preventing the loss of the harbour. (wikipedia.org)

Lava flowing in the Leilani Estates area near Pahoa on the Big Island of #Hawaii. (rt.com)
A new lava flow is surfacing from a fissure in the Leilani Estates subdivision on Hawaii's Big Island, roughly a 40 minute drive south from where Hilo Airport is, and less than 2 miles from the Lava Tree State Monument. (weatherboy.com)

Late) Wednesday Whatzits: Hawaiian lava flows, more Katla mongering and a possible eruption at Ruiz? (scienceblogs.com)

Most fissures rapidly localize to form a small number of eruptive vents, the location of which may influence the subsequent distribution of lava flows and associated hazards. (springer.com)
In this painting, clouds of smoke and steam flecked with lava billow and whirl skyward from the glowing red fissures and caldera of Mount Vesuvius, obscuring much of the sky and water in the left half of the painting. (cdc.gov)

If another eruption happens at Fagradalsfjall volcano now, will it have the same impact on travel? (yahoo.com)
There will be another eruption soon as they happen on average every 700-1000 years in this region, but if it will be this century or the next or even the one after that is hard to say. (lavacentre.is)

The Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8 captured this view of the lava field on January 3, 2015. (nasa.gov)
For comparison, the lower image shows the size of the lava field as observed by Landsat 8 on September 6, 2014. (nasa.gov)

In late August and September 2014, a fissure opened in Iceland and began spewing vast amounts of lava. (nasa.gov)
The Holuhraun lava field in Iceland continues to grow. (nasa.gov)
In late August and September 2014, this volcanic region of Iceland began spewing vast amounts of lava. (nasa.gov)
Seismic activity in southwestern Iceland decreased in size and intensity on Monday, but the risk of a volcanic eruption remained significant, authorities said. (yahoo.com)
On the Earth, the author has personally visited lava tubes on the flanks of Mount St. Helens, in Washington State, Central Oregon, the Big Island of Hawaii as well as tubes formed by fissure eruptions in Iceland. (marssociety.org)
The video below, shot by Stevenson, shows a University of Iceland scientist sampling an active lava flow. (nasa.gov)

No deaths or serious injuries have been reported from the island's first eruption in 50 years, thanks to the prompt evacuations of over 6,000 people after the ground cracked open following weeks of tremors. (phys.org)
Eruption of lava flows often prompt evacuations of communities in volcanically active regions, but do not always damage structures. (earthobservatory.sg)

however, evidence of these dynamic processes is commonly buried beneath later syn-eruptive material, including spatter, tephra fall and subsequent lava flows (e.g. (springer.com)
I'm guessing this is because Fissure Eight, the one that's been most actively pumping lava, has built up a 180 foot high spatter cone . (judykwalker.com)

A lava tube forms when a stream of lava is rolling downhill, and the outside of the flow cools and solidifies before the inner flow. (aworkstation.com)

I think the shared experience of the seismicity, fissure vent eruption and explosive eruption - along with all the ramifications of the air traffic stoppage over Europe - was a fascinating phenomenon. (scienceblogs.com)

The initial eruption followed a week of thousands of small earthquakes. (sky.com)
The town was initially evacuated on Saturday after strong earthquakes occurred in the area - which is near a volcano currently at risk of eruption. (yahoo.com)
A series of earthquakes that preceded the eruption continued as well. (insiderpaper.com)

Localized crustal foundering continues on the surface of the lava lake. (bigislandvideonews.com)
Localized and discontinuous crustal foundering continues (a process by which cool lava crust on the surface of the lava lake is overridden by less-dense liquid from below, causing the crust to sink into the underlying lake lava). (bigislandnow.com)

This session will explore the role that scientists can play in influencing decision-makers who issue advisories and design mechanisms for communicating risk and likelihood of eruptions, which in turn impact if/when people evacuate. (understandrisk.org)
Local authorities will provide you with information on how to prepare for a volcanic eruption, and if necessary, on how to evacuate (leave the area) or take shelter where you are. (cdc.gov)
If you are warned to evacuate because an eruption is imminent, evacuate. (cdc.gov)

According to the dpa news agency, live images broadcast on Icelandic television showed molten lava flowing from a fissure hundreds of metres long in the rugged landscape. (insiderpaper.com)

Then, like many cinder cones, it was snuffed out when several basalt lava flows erupted from its base. (wikipedia.org)

Tourists hiking next to an active lava flow on Pacaya in Guatemala in 2006. (scienceblogs.com)

Even though initial air quality reading showed no danger in the area, experts had warned that the arrival of the lava at the ocean would likely produce small explosions and release toxic gases that could damage lungs. (phys.org)
More than 6,000 folks together with a whole lot of vacationers have been evacuated for the reason that eruption began and three coastal villages are at the moment locked down as geologists fear the boiling lava mixing with cool sea water would possibly launch poisonous gases. (myspaceastronomy.com)
Aside from lava, eruptions can also produce toxic gases. (forbes.com)

Volcanologists have advised wider evacuations as lava discharge quickens and threatens to cut off an escape route from lower Puna. (rt.com)

He said that so far, the natural disaster is the biggest since the eruption in the Westman Islands 50 years ago - which erupted for six months and destroyed several hundred homes. (yahoo.com)
It formed in a volcanic eruption which began without warning on the eastern side of Heimaey, in the Westman Islands, on 23 January 1973. (wikipedia.org)

The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory continues to monitor the lava flows from some 22 cracks that have opened since May 3. (rt.com)

At least 69 people were killed when a volcano in Guatemala spewed lava, ash, rocks and deadly hot gas, authorities said late Monday. (nbcnews.com)
The immediate area had been evacuated for several days as authorities waited for the lava that began erupting Sept. 19 to traverse the 6½ kilometers (four miles) to the island's edge. (phys.org)
On Tuesday authorities scrambled to build a defence wall around the Svartsengi power plant, located just over six kilometers from Grindavik, to protect it from lava flows amid fears of an eruption. (yahoo.com)

Recent studies have affirmed that the volcano is evolving its activities which today are more explosive (launching of volcanic materials into the atmosphere) rather than effusive (emissions of quiet lava flows), for this reason it is necessary to inform yourself well before making the ascents up to to the top. (guidevulcanologicheetna.it)
The eruptive event in fact lasted 3/4 hours, these are the classic timings of these types of eruptions, highly explosive and violent. (guidevulcanologicheetna.it)
The first is about research conducted by Dr. Robert Sohn at WHOI on explosive undersea eruptions. (scienceblogs.com)

The quick-moving pyroclastic flow - a mix of hot lava blocks, pumice, ash and volcanic gas moving at high speed down volcanic slopes - surprised some residents. (nbcnews.com)

The continuous flow of lava is burning everything in its wake, including the home owned by a San Francisco couple. (kron4.com)
Earlier on Saturday, the County of Hawaii Civil Defense announced , the flow of lava on parts of the Big Island was advancing at a pace of 1,000 feet per hour. (rt.com)

Array of gasoline and diesel engines deployed on Básakers Wharf (Heimaklettur in the background) to power pumps used to cool the lava flows. (usgs.gov)

This then led to a Ph.D. at Lancaster University on the physical properties of lavas, including the thermal properties and viscosities of basalts from Mt. Etna and carbonatites from Oldoinyo Lengai, Tanzania. (understandrisk.org)
The eruption of May 21, 2023 also produced vast lava flows that developed towards the Valle del Bove and in the direction of the Etna cable car station, stopping at an altitude of 2650 meters. (guidevulcanologicheetna.it)
Video: Rivers of hot lava flow onto slopes of Mount Etna. (rinf.com)
During the 2001 eruption of Mount Etna, two independent vent systems simultaneously erupted two different lavas. (uniroma1.it)

The flow is producing a broad ocean entry along the shoreline, and is also oozing fresh lava at Kapoho Beach Lots, civil defense said Saturday morning. (bigislandvideonews.com)
Due to active lava near houses in Kapoho, access by residents is not allowed, civil defense says. (bigislandvideonews.com)

Renato Solidum of PHIVOLCS and other officials said that the explosion, which occurred around noon local time, "sent superheated lava, molten rocks and steam cascading down Mount Mayon's slopes and shrouded nearby villages in darkness," the Guardian reported . (livescience.com)
And while lava generally flows at a relatively slow speed of 10 kilometers per hour (kph) or less, pyroclastic flows of superheated volcanic ash, rock and steam tend to carve a path down the flanks of steep-sided mountains at rates of more than 100 kph. (dw.com)
A lava lake is visible on the western part of the lava field, and steam rises from the eastern margin where the lava meets the Jökulsá á Fjöllum river. (nasa.gov)

On 28 March, pumping was started again and from then on it was continuous until the 168th day of the eruption [10 July 1973], when the pumping was terminated. (usgs.gov)

Gas emissions from the fissure eruption and laze at the ocean entry continue to be very high," officials said. (bigislandvideonews.com)
It turns out the thunderstorms were created when the intense heat from Fissure Eight's lava interacted with a low pressure system and the moist laze (lava haze) produced where the lava entered the ocean. (judykwalker.com)

For now, the eruption at the Icelandic volcano has come to an end. (nasa.gov)
NASA satellites finally captured some views of the molten rock flowing from the Icelandic volcanic eruption. (nasa.gov)
One of the commemorate EyjafjallajÃ¶kull ash stamps being issued by the Icelandic Post - made with ash from the eruption itself. (scienceblogs.com)
During a tour of the countryside, I was introduced to the Icelandic lava tubes. (marssociety.org)

Later, the cone and associated lava flows were thought to have formed about 1700 or during a 300-year- long series of eruptions ending in 1851. (wikipedia.org)
Blocks of red, cemented scoria within the Painted Dunes lava flows ( photo ) are pieces of this earlier cone, which were carried away by the flowing lava. (wikipedia.org)
Here, some two thousand years earlier, massive fluid flows of pahoehoe lava spilled from the flanks of this Cascade cone. (marssociety.org)

The new hazard assessment was released less than a year after the national government released a report, warning that an eruption of Mount Fuji could release 490 million cubic meters of ash into the atmosphere. (dw.com)

That leaves scientists scrambling to study the eruption and its effects before the lava is moved or destroyed. (aworkstation.com)
While an eruption is still an unlikely outcome, scientists are monitoring the area closely and everyone will be prepared for the worst case scenario. (lavacentre.is)
Scientists monitoring the unsettled geological activity on Hawaii's biggest island say that while an eruption of the volcano that dominates the landscape isn't yet imminent, Mauna Loa's long nap may be coming to an end . (forbes.com)
While scientists emphasize that an eruption isn't necessarily going to happen today or tomorrow, this week the HVO put out a release urging that "now is the time to revisit personal eruption plans. (forbes.com)

2016 ). Furthermore, evidence of clastogenic eruption processes, such as spattering and fountaining, can be lost if pyroclastic material becomes agglutinated and/or forms rheomorphic lava flows (Sumner et al. (springer.com)

Other vents continue to be active on the lava lake, including a 35-meter or 115 foot long fissure, in the central and southern parts of the lake. (bigislandvideonews.com)
The new report identifies a number of additional vents on the flanks of the mountain that could serve as exit points for the lava that is below the surface, potentially putting more communities at the base of the peak in danger. (dw.com)
These eruptions often consist of the ejection of tephra , though they may also generate lava flows, which often originate from vents near the base rather than the summit of the volcanic edifice. (wikipedia.org)

Some volcanologists have predicted lava could continue to flow for years. (nasa.gov)

These locations [10 areas: A-J] represent, so to speak, a continuous area measuring about 0.45 square kilometers that corresponds to about a nine-meter-thick layer of lava that has been cooled down to 100 ºC. (usgs.gov)
Over 1.4 sq. miles (3.6 sq. kilometers) of land have been buried as far as the eruption reveals no indicators of stopping. (myspaceastronomy.com)
The report suggests that lava could flow as far as 40 kilometers (25 miles) from the summit, although that distance depends heavily on where the lava breaks through the surface and the local topography. (dw.com)
As of January 6, 2015, the Holuhraun lava field had spread across more than 84 square kilometers (32 square miles), making it larger than the island of Manhattan. (nasa.gov)

USGS: "The eruption in Halema'uma'u, at Kīlauea's summit, continues as of the evening of October 2, 2021. (bigislandvideonews.com)
During the course of the Ph.D., she visited Tanzania and Kenya, camping for 4 nights on the summit of Oldoinyo Lengai, a very unusual volcano that was erupting carbonatite lava during the fieldwork. (understandrisk.org)
Pyroclastic flows, or fast-moving surges of lava and other molten material, have commonly raced down Mayon's flanks from its summit, often devastating populations below, according to the Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism Program . (livescience.com)

We present results from a detailed field investigation of the proximal deposits of episode 1 of the 1969 fissure eruption of Mauna Ulu, Kīlauea, Hawai'i. (springer.com)

On Wednesday afternoon, the eruption began near the mountain Fagradalsfjall. (insiderpaper.com)

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20222

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19731

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20161

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