08-23-2014, 05:08 AM
Go figure. I make a comment about the lava making 3 steps forward and 2 1/2 steps back, so Pele decides to push 20 steps forward and make headlines about creating a potential threat to communities.
This is an interesting and unusual dynamic to observe. Instead of the lava spreading out over a large flat area and loosing its gases and heat, it is now following a narrow path into a deep(?) crevice where it could be insulated and make much faster progress. As long as there isn't a sudden deflation, causing the lava supply to be shut off, there is now potential for a lava tube formation within the fissure system and really pushing it forward.
“What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
This is an interesting and unusual dynamic to observe. Instead of the lava spreading out over a large flat area and loosing its gases and heat, it is now following a narrow path into a deep(?) crevice where it could be insulated and make much faster progress. As long as there isn't a sudden deflation, causing the lava supply to be shut off, there is now potential for a lava tube formation within the fissure system and really pushing it forward.
“What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson