Video of Kilauea Lava Flows

When Wired Science blogger Erik Klemetti got near an active lava flow on Kilauea, he shot some videos of the flow’s pahoehoe toes, lava ropes, and lava falls.
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Breakout of lava on the East Rift Zone of Kilauea, seen March 12, 2013. Image: Erik Klemetti

Yesterday I posted some images of the lava flow we visited on our Department field trip to Hawaii … and as promised, today I have some video from the lava flow field on Kilauea. Now, I’m no cinematographer — all these videos were shot with my iPhone, which I was trying to hold steady in a sea of excited students and faculty. However, these videos do show a lot of the lava flow dynamics I talked about in yesterday’s post. Let’s take a look.

Coalescing Pahoehoe Toes

Lava Ropes

Lava Falls

All video shot by Erik Klemetti — March 12, 2013.