Hawaii volcano fills sky with acid plumes and glass shards as lava hits sea
Source: The Guardian
White plumes of acid and extremely fine shards of glass billowed into the sky over Hawaii as molten rock from the Kilauea volcano poured into the ocean, creating yet another hazard from an eruption that began more than two weeks ago.
Authorities warned the public to stay away from the toxic steam cloud, which is formed by a chemical reaction when lava touches seawater.
Further upslope, lava continued to gush out of large cracks in the ground that formed in residential neighborhoods in a rural part of the Big Island. The molten rock formed rivers that bisected forests and farms as it meandered toward the coast.
The rate of sulfur dioxide gas shooting from the ground fissures tripled, leading Hawaii county to repeat warnings about air quality. At the volcano’s summit, two explosive eruptions unleashed clouds of ash. Winds carried much of the ash towards Wood Valley, Pahala, Naalehu and Waiohinu in the south-west of the island.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/may/21/hawaii-volcano-kilauea-lava-acid-plumes-glass-shards
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if the center of the crater at the top of Kilauea collapses plugs the vent holes and falls below sea level and there is a explosion......................
I have visited that area many times, it was breathtaking but also dangerous, and the restaurant at the top is more than likely shut down, since it is in that immediate area.................
Mahalo
