kilauea, one of the most active volcanoes on earth, has erupted continuously from its pu’u o’o vent since 1983, oozing one thousand degree fahrenheit lava at fifteen yards an hour across hawaii’s big island into the ocean. photos by (click pic) tom kualii, g. brad lewis, bruce omori, cj kale and nick selway
The Blue Lava of Kawah Ijen Volcano. The ‘blue lavas’
are a rare phenomenon, only visible on the Kawah Ijen Volcano, in
Indonesia. It may look like the volcano is spewing blue lava, but in
fact, the shocking blue fire occurs when the volcanic sulphuric gases
combust. Emerging from cracks in the volcano’s side, these gases ignite
when coming into contact with air. It’s not actual blue lava, but blue
flames. (video)
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