Apr 12, 2017
as previously illustrated in these posts, kilauea, a flat broad shield volcano, has been erupting continuously from its pu’u o’o vent since 1983, growing the island by about 42 acres a year as its basaltic lava flow, with a temperature over one thousand degree celsius, ooze at a speed of fifteen yards an hour into the ocean. the last photo is notable for the multiple vortices spinning off the billowing plumes of steam, which rain down drops of hydrochloric acid. (click pic or link for credit x, x, x, x, x)
