Satellite imagery from NOAA shows Mauna Loa oozing lava onto Hawaii’s Big Island and spewing ash and gas into the atmosphere.
One video shows points of red-orange – the lava flow – piercing through the brown and green backdrop of the tropical island.
One other image shows plumes of white ash being pumped into the sky, melting into the fluffy tapestry of clouds floating by.
Other footage shows sulfur dioxide emissions slowly being released, almost as if the volcano were letting out an extended, deep sigh.
The satellites that captured these images were the GOES-17, GOES-18, NOAA-20 and Suomi NPP satellites.
GOES-17 monitored in real-time the eruption and volcanic plumes, based on NOAA.
GOES-18 provided views of the lava field’s hottest areas, together with the ash and vapor emissions.
NOAA-20 captured ultra-high-resolution imagery of the eruption on Nov. 28.
Suomi NPP, together with NOAA-20, GOES-17 and GOES-18, tracked sulfur dioxide emissions from the eruption. When released, sulfur dioxides react with gases and particles within the atmosphere to create vog, a hazardous type of air pollution.
Mauna Loa began erupting on Nov. 27 at 11:30 p.m. local time, the primary time it has erupted in 38 years.
As of Thursday, lava flow from the most important lively volcano on the planet has slowed down from traveling at 40 feet per hour to twenty feet per hour, based on the Hawaii Volcano Observatory.
The observatory also noted that lava flow from the Mauna Loa’s only lively fissure, fissure 3, is now 1.7 miles from a serious highway on the island, Saddle Road.
Also generally known as Hawaii Route 200, the highway might should be shut down because the lava approaches, so officials closely monitor the situation.
The lava flow doesn’t pose a threat to the island’s 200,000 residents, based on the Hawaii County Civil Defense Agency.
Satellite imagery from NOAA shows Mauna Loa oozing lava onto Hawaii’s Big Island and spewing ash and gas into the atmosphere.
One video shows points of red-orange – the lava flow – piercing through the brown and green backdrop of the tropical island.
One other image shows plumes of white ash being pumped into the sky, melting into the fluffy tapestry of clouds floating by.
Other footage shows sulfur dioxide emissions slowly being released, almost as if the volcano were letting out an extended, deep sigh.
The satellites that captured these images were the GOES-17, GOES-18, NOAA-20 and Suomi NPP satellites.
GOES-17 monitored in real-time the eruption and volcanic plumes, based on NOAA.
GOES-18 provided views of the lava field’s hottest areas, together with the ash and vapor emissions.
NOAA-20 captured ultra-high-resolution imagery of the eruption on Nov. 28.
Suomi NPP, together with NOAA-20, GOES-17 and GOES-18, tracked sulfur dioxide emissions from the eruption. When released, sulfur dioxides react with gases and particles within the atmosphere to create vog, a hazardous type of air pollution.
Mauna Loa began erupting on Nov. 27 at 11:30 p.m. local time, the primary time it has erupted in 38 years.
As of Thursday, lava flow from the most important lively volcano on the planet has slowed down from traveling at 40 feet per hour to twenty feet per hour, based on the Hawaii Volcano Observatory.
The observatory also noted that lava flow from the Mauna Loa’s only lively fissure, fissure 3, is now 1.7 miles from a serious highway on the island, Saddle Road.
Also generally known as Hawaii Route 200, the highway might should be shut down because the lava approaches, so officials closely monitor the situation.
The lava flow doesn’t pose a threat to the island’s 200,000 residents, based on the Hawaii County Civil Defense Agency.
