03-08-2011, 03:50 PM
It's a ripped seam (my words) and it is in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. That's what makes it different and interesting, I think. The seam is well over a mile long. It is the volume of lava showing up on infrared beneath the ground that has the scientists on 24 hour watch. All of the lava drained from Pu'u O'o crater and also from my beloved summit caldera. Or probably a way to put it is that the levels in that vent and crater dropped dramatically and quickly.
So...where did that lava go? It's like a 17 year old boy who suddenly has no pimples. What's going on?!
This could just be a blip. But it is an important change that resembles the precursors to some older, significant events.
What little I've learned, I gleaned from HNVP's website, which is amazing.
So...where did that lava go? It's like a 17 year old boy who suddenly has no pimples. What's going on?!
This could just be a blip. But it is an important change that resembles the precursors to some older, significant events.
What little I've learned, I gleaned from HNVP's website, which is amazing.