HOT STUFF: Scientist Shovels Molten Lava Into A Bucket To Carry It Away For Testing

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory geologists conducted an overflight of the new eruption within the Kīlauea summit caldera on the 11th of September 2023. The eruption is occurring in the east portion of Halemaʻumaʻu crater and on the down-dropped block to the east, which formed during the 2018 summit collapse. Note: This picture is a screenshot from the video. (USGS/Newsflash) Hawaiian Volcano Observatory geologists conducted an overflight of the new eruption within the Kīlauea summit caldera on the 11th of September 2023. The eruption is occurring in the east portion of Halemaʻumaʻu crater and on the down-dropped block to the east, which formed during the 2018 summit collapse. Note: This picture is a screenshot from the video. (USGS/Newsflash)
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13 September 2023
This is the moment a geologists from the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory shovels molten lava into a bucket as part of ongoing research at the eastern section of the Halemaʻumaʻu crater, an active volcano in the Hawaiian Islands. The research was carried out at the Kīlauea summit caldera on the...