maqroll Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 (edited) There have been some spectacular images of this erupting volcano. It doesn't look like it wants to slow down anytime soon, either- Edited May 24, 2018 by maqroll 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted May 25, 2018 Moderator Share Posted May 25, 2018 aa that's ropey (Geologist Joke) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lichfield Dean Posted May 25, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted May 25, 2018 4 hours ago, bickster said: aa that's ropey (Geologist Joke) Geology isn't a real science Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted May 25, 2018 Moderator Share Posted May 25, 2018 3 minutes ago, Lichfield Dean said: Geology isn't a real science 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 Still going. They've gained about 250 acres of new coastline so far! Although it has poured into a coral reef and destroyed that. Breeding ground for turtles and the like. I'm not sure if any of you have been following this or if it's been discussed in another thread but it's been absolutely stunning imo. And it is not slowing down at the moment. Over 20 fissures have appeared. The crater at Kilauea itself is collapsing into itself. Fissure 8 is looking more and more like a new volcano every day. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 Is it pronounced Kill-ya? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted June 15, 2018 Moderator Share Posted June 15, 2018 It also evaporated Hawai'i's largest freshwater lake in under 2 hours. Quote an entire lake’s worth of water had been completely vaporised by this invasion of lava. Boiling away a lake with lava, by the way, isn’t as easy as you think. It requires a boatload of energy, because water has an extremely high heat capacity. This means it requires a lot of energy per unit of water to increase its temperature by a single degree, compared to other substances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 4 hours ago, BOF said: It also evaporated Hawai'i's largest freshwater lake in under 2 hours. That's up to 1200 degrees celsius for you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted June 15, 2018 Moderator Share Posted June 15, 2018 Aa thats viscous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Still going then! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 There was genuinely a few seconds where I wondered how they managed to get Stephen Hawking to narrate that second video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villakram Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Love how they've some roadways on the freshly cooled lava already... no beating us humans! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted July 2, 2018 Moderator Share Posted July 2, 2018 15 minutes ago, villakram said: Love how they've some roadways on the freshly cooled lava already... no beating us humans! You don't fool me. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villakram Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 27 minutes ago, BOF said: You don't fool me. You finished taking that dump yet? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 Lava Whirlwinds out there today. Not as spectacular as they sound maybe but basically the wind getting up and picking up molten Lava and splattering it about a bit! Me and MrsVM have been a bit captivated by this and we took a trip up Mt Vesuvius last week as a result. Blooming stunning. I never knew that place went off in 1944! The lava flows are still visible on the side of the mountain from that one. We spied 4 bits (and smelled 2 of them!) of sulphurous steam coming out still. All rather ominous. YAY Volcano basically! (What the hell is happening to me? Enjoying a stadium gig, gardening and a sharp increase in desire to be learning about rock formation!) Reminds me of an old cartoon strip I cant find anywhere called How to play Bowls. It went, buy a pipe, have your brain removed, play Bowls. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 2 minutes ago, VILLAMARV said: Lava Whirlwinds out there today. Not as spectacular as they sound maybe but basically the wind getting up and picking up molten Lava and splattering it about a bit! Me and MrsVM have been a bit captivated by this and we took a trip up Mt Vesuvius last week as a result. Blooming stunning. I never knew that place went off in 1944! The lava flows are still visible on the side of the mountain from that one. We spied 4 bits (and smelled 2 of them!) of sulphurous steam coming out still. All rather ominous. YAY Volcano basically! (What the hell is happening to me? Enjoying a stadium gig, gardening and a sharp increase in desire to be learning about rock formation!) Reminds me of an old cartoon strip I cant find anywhere called How to play Bowls. It went, buy a pipe, have your brain removed, play Bowls. Geology rocks. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 Just now, lapal_fan said: Geology rocks. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 So after getting on for 3 months it looks like it might finally be slowing down. Could always be a lul but been quieter for a few days now. What began as 'fissure 8' has got a clear cone around it and the islanders are wanting to name it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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