holidaymaker all over the man are endear to Hawaii ’s natural beauty . The sunsets are phenomenal , and swing palm tree tree diagram dust the oceanic landscape painting from island to island , but lurk below all of this peace is some seriously fickle nature . Read : Volcanos .
The United States Geological Survey captured some acute TV of the Kilauea vent in the thick of an eruption on Monday , give you a skirt ’s oculus view of churning lava ooze out from beneath the world .
Video is currently make the rounds on the World Wide Web , providing a view that looks Tolkien - esque :
United States Geological Survey/YouTube
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory enquiry scientist Don Swansontold the Associated Presson Monday that the lava flow is kind of unusual , and that scientist are n’t sure why the lava lake at the vent ’s acme is spewing so violently at the second .
While Swanson noted the volcano ’s rude beauty – “ it ’s quite pretty ” he said – the USGS is still warning tourist to exert precaution , being that one could be horrifically maimed or easy killed by an active volcano .
The Kilauea vent is located on northerly side of the island of Kauai , and is one of the world ’s most active volcanoes . Currently , the volcano is erupting in two places – the peak ’s Halema‘uma‘u Crater and from Pu‘u ‘ O‘o in the vent ’s eastern rift , – the latter of which is funnel lava into the sea , according to AP .
“ Venturing too closely to an ocean entry exposes you to flying junk created by the explosive fundamental interaction between lava and water , ” theUSGS notes on its site , so unquestionably heed to the expert if you ever find yourself star down a guggle lake of liquefied lava .
While the volcano continues to loose smoldering , red liquidity that look like the Eye of Sauron , take regard of Mother Nature ’s warning house the next time you cluster to a tropic Shangri-la . That fashion you wo n’t dissolve .
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Sam Blum is a Staff Writer at Thrillist and is very frightened by volcano . He ’s on Twitter@Blumnessmonster .