Kilauea volcano errupts, lava more than 1k feet high [video]
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·June 20, 2025jasonthorsness
heohk
Don't ride a helicopter unless you're ready to die
colechristensen
Kilauea has been erupting every week or two since Christmas Eve and fountaining every week or two for two months now.
asix66
YT link is live video.
USGS info: https://www.usgs.gov/volcanoes/kilauea
Timeline: https://www.usgs.gov/volcanoes/kilauea/volcano-updates/volca...
0xbadcafebee
Money shot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24GcMK020Ao
Three weeks ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Db9qvUWYgcQ
beefnugs
Guess dump didnt get the warning about not starting a ww3, now nature shows us how it can gladly participate
jmward01
This has been happening for a while now on a fairly regular schedule. Geology hub covered a previous eruptive episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkMz4b5Ogd8
dboreham
A rule that has emerged over the years is that if there's some volcano erupting spectacularly, if I book a flight and go fly there, it will immediately stop. So if anyone would like the lava to cease, just send me a plane ticket...
dluan
The VOG lately on Oahu has been really bad, desperately hoping we keep tradewinds around. A few weeks ago we had Kona winds and it was nauseating.
1970-01-01
Live link is useless link. Nothing to see except steam.
Eduard
timestamp for "lava more than 1k feet high" please.
ganeshkrishnan
Big Island is an extremely interesting place. Its just few kilometers wide but it has around 8 climate zones ranging from snow, desert, volcano, tropical, beaches, rainforest what not. You can drive less than an hour and go from desert to snow and snow to tropical.
There is one public bus that goes around and once I was the only passenger and the driver stopped the bus near the ocean to show the travelling whales/dolphins.
jebarker
Also the tallest mountain on Earth!
sejje
How does the rain avoid the desert areas?
xKingfisher
It's a "rain shadow"[0]
The predominant wind is from the east, and the air cools aid forms rainclouds as it tries to rise over the mountains in the center of the island. Then warms again as it descends down the eastern slopes.
So the eastern (Hilo) side is pretty lush jungle, and the west(Kona) is desert. With snowy mountains in between.
[0]https://www.climate.gov/news-features/featured-images/rain-s...
nottorp
It checks the biome type like in Minecraft!
Ifkaluva
Probably rain shadow due to the mountains
Can’t predict the volcano, but I highly recommend a helicopter trip over Kilauea if you have a chance to go. Even if it is not currently erupting, from the air you can see the cooled lava flow paths and it’s clear the massive volume that occasionally flows out.