#maunaloa

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Mauna Loa erupting for first time since 1984

The world's largest active volcano, Mauna Loa in Hawaii, is now erupting for the first time since 1984.

From the USGS:

Volcanic Activity Summary:

The eruption of Mauna Loa has migrated from the summit to the Northeast Rift Zone where fissures are feeding several lava flows. HVO staff on an overflight at approximately 6:30 a.m. HST confirmed fissures at high elevations within Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park are feeding lava flows upslope of the Mauna Loa Weather Observatory. Lava flows are not threatening any downslope communities and all indications are that the eruption will remain in the Northeast Rift Zone. Volcanic gas and possibly fine ash and Pele's Hair may be carried downwind.

Residents at risk from Mauna Loa lava flows should review preparedness and refer to Hawai‘i County Civil Defense information for further guidance.    

Based on past events, the early stages of a Mauna Loa rift zone eruption can be very dynamic, and the location and advance of lava flows can change rapidly.    

HVO is in close consultation with emergency management partners and will monitor the volcano closely to provide further updates on activity.  

this morning i woke up to news that mauna loa is erupting. can you believe it?!

now that it's night, i can see the glow from the eruption in the distance...from my kitchen!

i haven't seen lava glow in the distance since 2018 - when kilauea was erupting. but this is much brighter! it takes up more of the sky.

what a gift to be able to see it - to witness it. not everyone gets to see the glow from a volcanic eruption in the distance!

it's very magical. in one corner of the sky: the moon and all the beautiful stars... in another corner: a red glow from the earth. you see it all together - new land coming into existence (lava), the moon orbiting overhead, the stars showing light from millions of years ago (but you can see it now!). the past, the present, and the future (new land) are all visible at once. it's a powerful, powerful reminder that we're all coming-into-being together: the land, the sky, the stars, and you!

it's not every day that a new phenomenon appears in the night sky...and such a dramatic one as well! red, glowing, billowing...

in 2018, we couldn't see the glow every night, and not always from our house. when it finally went away, it felt like something went missing... i had gotten used to the red glow in the distance, reminding me that lava was flowing RIGHT THERE. maybe you can't hear it (although sometimes we did!) and maybe you can't see the lava directly, but that glow tells you it's there.

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now the clouds have come in and the glow is no longer visible. that's the power of the clouds!

i bet that tonight pele (goddess of lava and lava itself) and poli'ahu (goddess of snow and snow itself) are gonna brawl.

snow fell on mauna kea last night, so poli'ahu is there in her usual abode.

and across the huge valley, at almost equal height as mauna kea, flows pele, on mauna loa.

down here, the coquis sing & the plants are calm. but up there? at 10,000 feet? are pele & poli'ahu already going to head to head? are the winds whipping and the lava spurting? i bet there are all kinds of interesting phenmona that happen when two such powerful forces come head to head…

if snow really is falling up there, it's a big battle indeed…