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“Volcano Watch” is a weekly article and activity update written by U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory ...
The Hawaiian People are celebrated for their authentic aloha, an inclusive and life-affirming spirit of togetherness. Having ...
An aerial view shows a bomb detonating on Mauna Loa during a 1935 eruption. The U.S. Army dropped 20 600-pound bombs on the lava flow that December morning to divert the molten rock from reaching ...
With a rumbling wave up to a third of a mile high, thundering across the ocean at hundreds of miles per hour, the sheer ...
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It’s the symbol of our city, and the people here view it as a protective god ... Trusdell recalls that within 24 hours of the last Mauna Loa eruption in 1984, plane tickets to the Island ...
There are two problems with Maui. First, it's a long haul: an 11-hour flight to LA, overnight there, then another six-hour flight to the island.
Scientists lower Mauna Loa alert level, say eruption could end soon Scientists lowered the alert level for the Mauna Loa volcano on Hawaii's Big Island from a warning to a watch on Saturday and ...
Mark Strauss A bomb detonates on Hawaii's Mauna Loa volcano, near the 8,500-foot-elevation source of the lava flow. Army Air Corps/11th Photo Section Pilots are advised to avoid volcanic eruptions ...
Today that number happens to be: 427.6. This is a measure (known in scientific terms as the mole fraction) of atmospheric carbon dioxide at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii, in parts per million.
On 23 June 2025, the world will get a look at the first images from one of the most powerful telescopes ever built: the Vera ...