Halema`uma`u Gas Plume

Just a few days ago, the Halema`uma`u crater started expelling ash from its new vent.

Check out this blog entry from March 25, 2008: http://darkerview.com/ courtesy of my husband, Andrew Cooper.

And check out photos at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory where they keep the activity status fairly up-to-date:

http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/kilauea/update/images.html

It is exciting to be so close to the activity and intriguing to consider what may happen next…?!?!?!

(Transferred from my GadgetGypsy.Xanga.com blog)

*Links and info updated 3 July 2016.