Kilauea Eruption 12/23/24

[Moderator 2]

While we’re between episodes, here’s a remembrance of Dick Fiske, who worked at HVO in the mid 1960’s:

At his home in Maryland, Dick constructed large physical models made of gelatin to emulate the shield volcanoes Mauna Loa and Kīlauea, and he injected colored water into them to see how the volcanoes deformed. These results supported the concepts that he and others were developing about the direction of the rift zones and how Kīlauea’s south flank moves. He joked that, when the experiments were over, his kids could eat the volcanoes.

While at the Smithsonian, Dick enabled museum exhibits celebrating HVO’s 75th anniversary in 1987 and arranged for publication of “gray literature” containing observations that HVO had produced over the years. This effort proves invaluable to current researchers.

https://bigislandnow.com/2025/09/06/volc...very-best/