Puʻuʻōʻō: after 35 years, no recent mentions, and for good reason...though Iʻm sure itʻll be part of The Report.
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| In all her glory, April 18, 2018. Instruments are on the reddish, oxidized cinder on the left-hand rim. Lava ponds, thermally altered orangy yellowish rock, yellow sulphur and other mineral deposits, fresher light grey flow, patches of blackish ʻaʻā, and that cool tan block on the right...part of the older rim, etc. |
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| Pretty much the same angle as above, May 3, 2018, though everything is coated with pink ash. Note instruments on rim at left. The crater of Puʻuʻōʻō collapsed, starting at about 2pm, Monday, April, 30, 2018. The collapse lasted hours. It was a rainy day, so views, even from helicopters, were nearly impossible. Clouds of pink ash were thrown out, and blanketed the surrounding area. Our lava contains iron (14% or so???) and with time and/or heat and/or steam, will oxidize or "rust", and turn reddish. Decades of cooking oxidized the lavas of the puʻu, thus the pink-hued pulverized ash. |
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| A big ash emission from the empty crater on May 4, 2018. Ocean to the left, view uprift, trade-blown cloud. Note acres of ground downwind coated with pink ash. I seem to recall that the now-empty crater of Puʻuʻōʻō is 1,150 feet deep. BobbyC |
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