HAWAII VOLCANO ERUPTIONS

10-METRE (33ft) HIGH FOUNTAIN OF

PÂHOEHOE LAVA, HAWAII

THE DOME FOUNTAIN SHOWN HERE IS ABOUT 20m

TALL AND FORMED DURING THE 1969-71 MAUNA ULU

ERUPTION OF KILAUEA VOLCANO, HAWAII

VISCOUS LAVA FROM KILAUEA POURING INTO

THE OCEAN AT KALAPANA, HAWAII. THE MOLTEN ROCK

INSTANTLY SHATTERS AS IT TOUCHES THE COOL

SEAWATER, CREATING A NEW BLACK SAND BEACH.

THE LAVA FLOW COMING FROM AN ACTIVE VOLCANO

KNOWN AS KILAUEA, WHICH HAS BEEN CONSISTENTLY

ERUPTING SINCE 1983. 

This shows it progressing towards the residential area

LAVA FROM KILAUEA TOPPLES A SIGN AT THE

HAWAII COUNTY LAVA VIEWING AREA PARKING

LOT IN KALAPANA, ON 17 JULY 2010

LAVA FLOWS OVER A FENCE MARKING A

PROPERTY LINE NEAR THE TOWN OF PAHOA

THE LAVA BEGAN TO FLOW FROM KILAUEA WAY

BACK IN JUNE AND ENTERED PAHOA, THE LARGEST

TOWN IN THE PUNA DISTRICT, ON OCTOBER 26. 

The long-lasting eruption has destroyed more than 200 structures,

including the Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park visitor centre, the

Royal Gardens subdivision and many homes and buildings in the

town of Kalapana. For the last few years, lava from Pu`O O`O crater

 mostly streamed south toward the ocean. But on June 27, 2014,

flow erupted from a vent on the northeast flank of the crater.

LAVA EXPLODES INTO THE OCEAN, HAWAII