Showing posts with label Kilauea caldera. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kilauea caldera. Show all posts
Saturday, June 15, 2024

Geotripper on How to Plan a Perfect Volcanic Eruption, Hawai'i Style!

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So you want to demonstrate a volcanic eruption for your field geology course, and are unsure how to proceed? Let the crew (of one) here at G...
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Saturday, July 29, 2017

Walking on Broken Glass, Literally: And what is slabby pahoehoe?

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Some places on our planet are just not like anywhere else. Kilauea, on the Big Island of Hawai'i is one of the most volcanically ac...
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Wednesday, July 26, 2017

What the Heck is a Superelevated Lava Flow Anyway? 1974 Basalt Flow near Keanakāko‘i Crater

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Talk about catnip for a geologist... "Do Not Enter", "Stop Here", "Go no closer to the eruption", and "...
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Friday, July 7, 2017

Would You Go? The Pit Craters of Kilauea Volcano

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Eddie Aikau is a Hawai'i legend. Born in 1946, he was an ancestor of Hawaiian kings, who in antiquity were the only ones allowed to su...
Sunday, June 11, 2017

Volcanoes in Hawai'i: Rock Finds a Way (to destroy life)

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The summit of Mauna Kea in the distance, and the forested lower slopes of Mauna Loa in the foreground My last entry on the geological d...
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Friday, June 2, 2017

Answer to a Hawaiian Mystery, and a Cautionary Tale

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If you've had a geology or earth science course, do you remember what you learned about basalt? Basalt, the low-silica volcanic rock, ...
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