If you haven’t been following the volcanic eruption in Hawai’i (or even if you have) this video will give you a sense of the sheer scale of the lava flow.
Watch for the houses near the sides of the flow, and take a moment to be in awe of Mother Nature. Then there’s the USGS (United States Geological Survey) person who ventures out onto the lava field, up close and personal, to do something video-y or measurement-y …
… and this is where all that magma (below ground) and lava (above ground) originates, well, several hundred meters (100 meters=328 feet) underneath this wee hole in the ground …
I doubt I’ll get the opportunity to witness (even if it’s through the camera lenses of others) an event like this ever again in my lifetime.
I’ve stood on the tops of mountains, at the edges of oceans, walked across sand dunes that touched the sky. I’ve breathed smoke from wildfires, and the ionised air of giant thunderstorms. And now through this medium that is sometimes as brutal as it is magnificent, I can also witness a volcanic eruption.
How cool is that!
Pretty cool (if that’s the right word). Thanks a lot, Widders
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Cool is definitely the word! 😀
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Reblogged this on anita dawes and jaye marie.
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It is remarkable, but I find it disturbing, as if our world is in trouble and starting to break…
I think she is trying to tell us something…
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There’s certainly been a significant uptick in volcanic activity all around the Pacific in the last couple of months, along with earthquakes globally. I don’t know what She’s up to, but only the foolish would ignore Her.
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But they will, unfortunately… silly really!
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A reminder that there is nothing stable about our planet, most of us grow up thinking we are on solid ground, but we are not and we have nowhere else to go! My son used to say when he was a young teenager, seeing a catastrophe on the news ‘Well they shouldn’t live near a volcano should they!’
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Trouble is, you never know when or where one is going to pop up! 🙂
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Incredibly beautiful and powerful… Why anyone would want to mess with Her…
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Beats me 🙂 … and yet they still try.
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A futile pastime.
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Totally cool!
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😀
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Wow, amazing footage and incredible power. And so much devastation and destruction for those in its path.
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As far as disasters go, it’s the ‘slow-moving’ ones that draw out the agony of those affected.
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Disturbing and fascinating footage. The fast moving stream of lava is absolutely terrifying, and then you suddenly hear a bird singing in background 🙂 Life is going on 🙂
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Hi there 🙂 … yeah that caught my attention too. 😀
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