Things have been exciting in Hawai`i lately - and today is no exception. The crater vent inside at Pu`u O`o collapsed in spectacular fashion this evening, with the whole crust of on top of a large lava lake foundering over the course of a few hours. Eruptions reader Pgen Pgen created a
timelapse from the Pu`u O`o webcam
showing this impressive event - and you can watch the webcams yourself to see what else happens. You can see starting at ~0:13 the floor of the crater begin to sag and then at ~0:16 the right side of the crater begins to slump quickly, following by the middle where the small spatter cone was. By 0:19 the entire crater floor is foundering into the lava below as it appears to drain out from below. The collapse was accompanied by a lot of seismicity at Pu`u O`o as well. You can also ...
