Friday Eye Candy: Mount Kilauea’s Volcanic Activity, Past and Present

Newly released images from NASA's terra satellite chronicles the history of lava on Hawaii's Big Island.

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May 11, 2018, 7:00 AM PDT

By James Brasuell @CasualBrasuell


Kupapa‘u Point

Lava meets the ocean at Kupapa‘u Point in 1988. | T.J. Takahashi (USGS HVO) / Wikimedia Commons

"A newly released image from NASA, showing the volatile areas created by Mount Kilauea’s recent eruption on Hawaii’s Big Island, also offers a look at the island’s history of volcanic activity," according to an article by Johnny Simon .

In addition to the recent satellite image, Simon also collects images of historic volcanic events on the big island.

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