Kilauea – 2018 eruption

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The most recent major outpouring from “The world’s most active volcano” (TM) destroyed a lot of property and cut off road access to the SE corner of Big Island. Van and MJ were advised to evacuate at the time, but were outside the mandatory zone so decided to stay put – without incident.

Here are some of the local impact areas round Pahoa that were less fortunate..

This excavation shows many sedimentary layers of ash from previous eruptions under a later lava flow
Walking up towards ‘Fissure 8’, the main source of lava near Pahoa
Locals told us ‘ just ignore the signs’ …
Fissure 8 from just beyond that sign
A vacant lot. Wooden sign read ” 1. 2014 lava flow ; 2. Hurricane Iselle, 3. 2018 lava flow; 4. Sale “
This is someone’s front garden – still steaming ! (No pressure to mow the lawn now)

3 thoughts on “Kilauea – 2018 eruption”

  2. Harry

    Coincidentally the Encyclopedia Britannica fact of the day was

    February 5th, 2023
    During the 1960s and ’70s, Hawaii’s volcanic landscape was used to prepare Apollo astronauts for rugged Moon terrain. Today, NASA uses the lava fields of Kilauea volcano to help simulate the surface of Mars

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