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Judi Lynn

(160,656 posts)
2. Just rewatched the shocking blue lights extending completely across the horizon.
Fri Sep 10, 2021, 01:11 AM
Sep 2021

It's just as horrendous tonight as it was yesterday.

I don't think many people are aware that the energy released by earthquakes could do something like that, just as no one has ever imagined wildfires can become so intense they create fire tornadoes, or that volcanoes can create tornadoes, as well:


Volcanic tornado pictured during Hawaii eruption
Lava from Kilauea destroys hundreds more homes overnight on Big Island

Tom Embury-Dennis
Wednesday 06 June 2018 13:13



Volcanic tornado forms above Kilauea on Hawaii's Big Island (Anthony Quintano)

The sight of a volcanic tornado has been captured on camera over a fissure at the foot of an erupting volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island.

The rare phenomenon came as lava from Kilauea destroyed hundreds more homes overnight, overtaking two oceanfront communities advised to evacuate last week.

The “lavanado” – which does not have an official name among volcanologists – was captured by photographer Anthony Quintano during a tour by the Hawaii National Guard of an area known as Leilani Estates.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/hawaii-volcano-latest-tornado-kilauea-eruption-twister-lava-pictures-a8385851.html

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As frightening as fire tornadoes are, blue lights caused by earthquakes seem far more terrifying to me.

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