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RE: Hawaiian volcanoes - Part 14.2: Update on the current eruption of Kīlauea
so crazy seeing this in action a very slow eruption which is a good eruption if its going to happen I would think?
so crazy seeing this in action a very slow eruption which is a good eruption if its going to happen I would think?
It is super crazy to see this happen. I am grateful of the amazing job of the USGS of documenting this event so detailed.
I am not sure if I would describe the current eruptions as slow, but I know what you mean. It is the nature of Hawaiian magmatism that the eruptions are by majority not explosive but lava erupting along fissures, like in this scenario. Lava itself moves more slowly than a base surge or a pyroclastic flow associated with explosive volcanism. But basaltic lava has a low viscosity and if the volumes are right, it can still flow pretty fast.