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Pu`u `O`o crater and `a`a-pahoehoe

If a sinkhole collapses in your back yard, where and how did the stuff disappear? Did an underground opening already exist (such as a lava tube), did...

March 20 breakouts and Kuhio flow

March 25 marks the 20th anniversary of the most recent eruption of Mauna Loa. The eruption was preceded by roughly three years of increasing numbers...

Bright glow above flow field as seen from end of Chain of Craters Road

Distant lava flow viewed from Pu`u Huluhulu

Pu`u `O`o and pahoehoe

When we think of the negative impact that volcanoes have on people, the local geographic area of the eruption generally comes to mind. Ash, lava, and...

The worst volcanic disaster of the 20th century occurred in 1902 on Martinique, an island in the French West Indies.

In and out of Pu`u `O`o