03-09-2011, 10:00 AM
Ripped seam is not bad. When the whole seam is erupting at once, that's whats called a "curtain of fire."
Often new vents start out as curtains of fire, and then narrow to a single point. Which seems to be whats happening at (the newly named) Kamoamoa fissure. I expect that's in reference to Kamoamoa black sand beach which was reclaimed by Pele in 1992.
At the moment the curtain has turned into two vents, but watch and I bet it becomes just one.
Did anyone see the video of the eruption going back into the giant bottomless crack? This was near the start a few days ago, when it was still a "curtain."
http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/kilauea/update/ar..._small.mov
When I saw the time lapse of Puu Oo draining/collapsing, AND the TEB vent shutting down, AND Halemaumau lava dropping almost completely away, I thought of 1959/1960, and the Kilauea Iki eruption. Iki erupted, formed a huge lake, then suddenly drained most of it back down the vent. Then, a vent opened up way down next to Kapoho, and proceeded to (over six weeks) destroy lots of Papaya fields, homes, and the town of Kapoho itself.
Happy the new activity is safely inside the park. This is good news for Kalapana residents. With TEB off, and Puu Oo quiet, they shouldn't get any flows anymore.
Any real brave folks want to resettle Royal Gardens? [:0]
Oh, just noticed they posted a much better video of Puu Oo collapsing:
http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/kilauea/update/ar..._small.mov
Often new vents start out as curtains of fire, and then narrow to a single point. Which seems to be whats happening at (the newly named) Kamoamoa fissure. I expect that's in reference to Kamoamoa black sand beach which was reclaimed by Pele in 1992.
At the moment the curtain has turned into two vents, but watch and I bet it becomes just one.
Did anyone see the video of the eruption going back into the giant bottomless crack? This was near the start a few days ago, when it was still a "curtain."
http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/kilauea/update/ar..._small.mov
When I saw the time lapse of Puu Oo draining/collapsing, AND the TEB vent shutting down, AND Halemaumau lava dropping almost completely away, I thought of 1959/1960, and the Kilauea Iki eruption. Iki erupted, formed a huge lake, then suddenly drained most of it back down the vent. Then, a vent opened up way down next to Kapoho, and proceeded to (over six weeks) destroy lots of Papaya fields, homes, and the town of Kapoho itself.
Happy the new activity is safely inside the park. This is good news for Kalapana residents. With TEB off, and Puu Oo quiet, they shouldn't get any flows anymore.
Any real brave folks want to resettle Royal Gardens? [:0]
Oh, just noticed they posted a much better video of Puu Oo collapsing:
http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/kilauea/update/ar..._small.mov