Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Lava lake in Marum crater, Ambrym, Vanuatu. Satellite picture showing the lava lake of Mount Erebus, Antarctica. Aerial view of a lava lake in Pu’u ’Ō’ō crater, east rift zone of Kīlauea. The crater is about 820 ft (250 m) in diameter. Aerial view of a lava lake atop the Kūpaʻianahā vent on the east rift zone of Kīlauea volcano.
The depth of the lava lake varies considerably. A maximum elevation of the lava lake was recorded at about 3,250 m (10,660 ft) prior to the January 1977 eruption – a lake depth of about 600 m (2,000 ft). Following the January 2002 eruption, the lava lake was recorded at a low of about 2,600 m (8,500 ft), or 900 m (3,000 ft) below the rim. [3 ...
View more photos of the latest Kilauea eruption below. A lava lake forms at Halemaʻumaʻu crater, seen from the rim of the Kilauea caldera. (USGS/Handout via Reuters) (via REUTERS)
The crater again contained an active lava lake between 2008 and 2018, with the level of the lava usually fluctuating between 20 and 150 meters below Halemaʻumaʻu's crater floor, though at times the lava lake rose high enough to spill onto crater floor. The lava lake drained away in May 2018 as new volcanic vents opened in lower Puna. The ...
HONOLULU (AP) -- A lake of lava on Hawaii's Kilauea volcano has been rising over the past week and, at times, overflowing in a spectacular show. Video posted online by visitors shows lava ...
The Big Island of Hawaii's Volcanoes National Park put on quite a show this weekend. A lava lake created by Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano caused the collapse of a crater wall and a subsequent fiery ...
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Donate
Another danger was that the lava could have flowed into the southern sector of Virunga National Park, where there are settlements and villages. [ 5 ] Extensive lava flows from the 2010 eruption can be seen on satellite photographs [ 6 ] reaching 25 kilometres (16 mi) south-west to Lake Kivu, about 22 kilometres (14 mi) north-west and 35 ...