United States Geological Survey It's been a busy week in the realm of volcanoes. Let's check out some highlights: Hawaii The coastline of the Big Island of Hawaii continues to change this week. The lava benches near the
Kamokuna ocean entry (part of Kilauea's episode 61g lava flows) have been collapsing for the better part of a few months, and those collapses look like they will be continuing. A crack has formed along the coastline near the ocean entry, and over the last few days it has continued to grow---complete with creaking and groaning at night as the block of lava moves. Most likely, this will become another piece of the island that will fall into the sea.
USGS geologists from the Hawaii Volcano Observatory took some infrared heat measurements of the cracked lava bench and found that it reaches over 220ºC (428ºF) only a few meters below the surface. ...
