Mauna Loa Erupting

[Friends just call me Ross]

Mauna Loa, the largest shield volcano on the planet, is erupting I Hawaii for the first time in forty years.

 

 

[Friends just call me Ross]

Got the above alert on my phone, from my Volcanoes & Earthquakes app.

 

Here is a report from Hawaii:

 

https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2022/11/28/mauna-loa-eruption-underway-lava-currently-contained-summit/

[Friends just call me Ross]

Timelapse video of the summit eruption, from the USGS:

 

https://gray-prod.video.arc-cdn.net/wp-gray/hnn/20221128/638501bcb02c3a7d3f44d80b/t_0b44460912634e61b407c9eb3a6ce158_name_WATCH___Moment_Mauna_Loa_erupted/hd.m3u8

 

[Friends just call me Ross]

Mauna Loa covers most of the Big Island of Hawaii:

 

 

[Friends just call me Ross]

At night, it is actually kind a' pretty:

 

 

USGS map showing the different zones and vents:

 

[dljbsp]

16 hours ago, Friends just call me Ross said:

https://gray-prod.video.arc-cdn.net/wp-gray/hnn/20221128/638501bcb02c3a7d3f44d80b/t_0b44460912634e61b407c9eb3a6ce158_name_WATCH___Moment_Mauna_Loa_erupted/hd.m3u8

Link is not working. FYI

 

[Friends just call me Ross]

38 minutes ago, dljbsp said:

Link is not working. FYI

 

Still working just fine for me. 👍

[Friends just call me Ross]

Found a more accurate map of Mauna Loa and was surprised to see that there are actually five volcanoes on  the Big Island of Hawaii. 😮

 

https://geologictimepics.com/2017/10/12/mauna-loa-volcano-hawaii-earths-largest-active-volcano/

 

Mauna Loa's caldera sits at an altitude of  13,000 feet.

No wonder it lights up the night sky!

 

In fact, according to this CNN article, there are now TWO volcanoes lighting up the night sky.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/29/us/hawaii-mauna-loa-kilauea-eruption-tuesday/index.html

 

And even the morning sky.  

 

EarthSky News eruption article:

 

https://earthsky.org/earth/mauna-loa-volcano-hawaii-eruption-2022/

[Sheep]

7 hours ago, Friends just call me Ross said:

Still working just fine for me. 👍

It doesn't work for me either. (???)

[Tortuga]

8 hours ago, Friends just call me Ross said:

Still working just fine for me. 👍

Works for me. Nice video.

[Lewis]

This link from the USGS provides updates on what is happening and what may happen later.

https://www.usgs.gov/volcanoes/mauna-loa/volcano-updates

 

The CO2 global monitoring observatory is on Mauna Loa and its access to its equipment may be impacted and could be shut down due to the lava flow

 

[Tortuga]

The Hawaii Volcano National Park is located on the southern point of the island, we have toured it a few times. Its pretty impressive.

https://www.nps.gov/havo/index.htm

[Lewis]

On 11/29/2022 at 7:04 AM, Friends just call me Ross said:

Found a more accurate map of Mauna Loa and was surprised to see that there are actually five volcanoes on  the Big Island of Hawaii. 😮

 

https://geologictimepics.com/2017/10/12/mauna-loa-volcano-hawaii-earths-largest-active-volcano/

 

Mauna Loa's caldera sits at an altitude of  13,000 feet.

No wonder it lights up the night sky!

 

In fact, according to this CNN article, there are now TWO volcanoes lighting up the night sky.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/29/us/hawaii-mauna-loa-kilauea-eruption-tuesday/index.html

 

And even the morning sky.  

 

EarthSky News eruption article:

 

https://earthsky.org/earth/mauna-loa-volcano-hawaii-eruption-2022/

 

Interesting to note, is that out of the 5 volcano’s, Mauna Loa and Kilauea are the biggest and people living by those two volcanos (zone 1 and 2) require to purchase volcano insurance. You can see a picture of zones in the link below.

https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/lava-flow-hazard-zones-map-island-hawai-i

[Friends just call me Ross]

1 minute long aerial USGS update on one of Mauna Loa's side fissures:

 

 

 

[Lewis]

14 hours ago, Lewis said:

This link from the USGS provides updates on what is happening and what may happen later.

https://www.usgs.gov/volcanoes/mauna-loa/volcano-updates

 

The CO2 global monitoring observatory is on Mauna Loa and its access to its equipment may be impacted and could be shut down due to the lava flow

 

 

Observatory site is officially closed to due power being cut off and inaccessibility to the site itself.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/30/hawaii-mauna-loa-volcano-eruption-site-measures-global-co2-shuts-down

[Tortuga]

I lava you...😁

Lava https://g.co/kgs/ebfoUv