Volcano Watch: The 1919–1920 Mauna Iki Eruption at Kīlauea Volcano | Big Island Now

Volcanic lava fountains Although the November 1959 Kilauea Iki eruption on the island of Hawail began with a line of fountains along the wall of the crater, activity was later confined to a single vent in the crater's floor, which at one point shot lava 1900 ft straight into the air (a Hawaiian record). What was the lava's exit velocity in feet per second? In miles per hour? (Hint: If v0 is the exit velocity of a particle of lava, its height t sec later will be s=v0 t-16 t^2 ft. Begin by finding

The 1960 Kapoho eruption and its predecessor, the 1959 summit eruption in Kilauea Iki Crater, together formed a summit-flank sequence that has been considered a model for how Kilauea “should” behave. The Kapoho eruption caused havoc in lower Puna, an idyllic rural paradise until the lava fountains and flows covered farm land and villages. | Big Island TV, Hawaii

Time-lapse of Kilauea volcano erupting on Hawaii's Big Island

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