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The first eruption in 38 years of Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, is drawing visitors to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, which is open 24 hours a day. “The viewing has been ...
English: When Hawaii’s massive Mauna Loa volcano began erupting for the first time in nearly four decades late on November 27, 2022, lava initially spilled from the Moku’āweoweo crater at the mountain’s summit. But by the next morning, activity had migrated to a cluster of four fissures northeast of the summit.
“Mauna Loa erupting at sunrise is literally the most amazing thing I’ve ever seen.” What does Mauna Loa look like right now? Photos show surreal view from volcanic eruption
The video shows the leading edge of one lava flow.
These eruptions have taken place from the main caldera and fissures along rift zones. They are generally fluid ( VEI -0) Hawaiian eruptions but more violent eruptions have occurred throughout Mauna Loa's eruptive history, with the largest recorded explosive eruptions having taken place in the 19th century.
The 2022 eruption of Mauna Loa was an episode of eruptive volcanic activity at Mauna Loa, the world's largest active volcano, located on Hawaiʻi island, Hawaiʻi. Mauna Loa began to erupt shortly before midnight HST on November 27, 2022, when lava flows emerged from fissure vents in Moku‘āweoweo (Mauna Loa's summit caldera ).
Now that the world’s largest active volcano erupted for the first time since 1984, officials expect crowds to flood to Hawaii’s Volcanoes National Park in hopes of witnessing the historic event.
Mauna Loa is erupting for first time in nearly 40 years, rising ashfall concerns. Lava flows may follow.