The Initial Moment the Kilauea Volcano Erupted

This video showcases the first moments of when Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupted on September 10th of 2023. As, a white volcanic gas plume suddenly becomes thicker, until lava erupts onto the surface. #short #shorts #kilauea #volcano #hawaii #eruption

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[grantfitch]

Kermit moonlighting as a volcanologist is crazy

[Leo-ebwl]

He doesn’t have a concrete estimate, he does however have a volcanic rock guess

[randallsmerna]

Geez! I thought I was the only one that heard Kermit the Frog! 😂😂

[Carolinian]

Is that Kermit the Frog narrating this video?

[greaterthanme]

My husband and I happened to be in Kona while this volcano was erupting, it truly was amazing to see.

[expressmag]

This has been Kermit D Frog reporting, signing off.

[primordialmeow]

You shoulda been in Leilani Estates subdivision in Puna when the first fissures blew at 4:02pm on May 3, 2018 a couple of blocks from my home. The roar was deafening and the lava spray was see-inspiring. That was the last day I saw my home in Hawaii.

[TheSpaceEnthusiast-vlwx]

Thanks! Once again, It is good that the very beginning of the eruption was recorded!

[liamsouthwell]

I had no idea volcanic erruptions were estimated in concrete? You learn something new every day!

[usa]

We were there in 1993 and at that time it had been continually erupting for quite a few years. There was a road under about 6 feet of lava that was open a few weeks earlier.
I have video through a spot scope of the lava pouring into the ocean.

We were halted a hundred yards or so away from where it was going in because the bench collapsed 2 weeks before and a couple of people died.

[jefferyroy]

In 1980, my girlfriend and I drove across the lava fields created by the Maunu Ulu eruption period (1969-74) between the caldera and the ocean. The National Park Service had built a road from the observation area near the caldera that eventually hooked up with a stretch of what road remains to the east, the Chain of Craters Road. It also hooked up with a coastal road, now lava covered, just west of the Punaluu black sand beach. From there, that road ran along the coast all the way past Kalapana (now abandoned) until it connected to Hwy 130, then onto Hwy 11 into Hilo. Most of this is now covered by the 1983-2018 eruption event, longest in modern history. Anthony Bourdain visited "Lava Jack, " the last remaining resident of Kalapana at the time, in 2008 at his rustic "bed and breakfast." No power or running water, just a lot of solitude as I recall. Jack was forced to leave the area shortly after the "No Reservations" episode aired. There will likely never be another road built in this location for who knows how long. I feel both priviliged and strange for driving somewhere nature changed so radically in such a short period from a geological standpoint.

[annabenedetti]

It looks like Pele is not happy with how the people of Lahaina are being treated.

[russs]

Eight years ago, while on a Hawaiian cruise, one of our shore excursions was the helicopter ride over Kilauea. It was worth the price of the whole cruise.

Simply awesome.

[The_Future_isnt_so_Bright]

I work with molten metals(aluminum, steel, etc.), I think to myself, 'wow, thats hot'. When I see lava aka molten rock I think, 'Holy sh!t'! Thats in the realm of melting tungsten type heat.

[NoGoingBack]

Back in the eighties I was a tour guide in Kona. I would take a group of people on a champaign tour at night to watch the eruption. Unlike many eruptions, this volcano does not spew out ash. It's very safe and very pretty.

[yckfjcw]

I love to see a live volcano . They are so beautiful . Yes they destroyed but give birth to new land. It's so amazing to watch .

[Hummingbird_Merry]

Thank you! I appreciate your narration and education regarding the eruption.

[EnlightnMe]

It's awesome. ❤ The earth below the surface really is an amazing machine.

[NashvillainSE]

Dude is recording in his cubicle and doesn't wanna bother his coworkers.

[dozerboy]

I wanna be the Carl Sagan of geology! 😕