Capture a lava iceberg in Hawaii

Honolulu, Hawaii.- A volcanic formation of about six cubic meters was caught floating in a lava of Kilauea volcano in Hawaii, United States last Saturday.

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The lava "iceberg" was captured on video by Hawaiian resident Ikaika Marzo and shared with Hawaii News Now, where the lighter and the better. we observe how it flows through the lava without losing its solid form.

The Kilauea volcano continues to erupt into a fissure located on the Big Island of Hawaii, sending a stream of molten rocks to the ocean.

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Twenty-four cracks have opened in much of the rural district of the island since May 3, but lava has only left one, scientists reported this week.

The lava of the eighth crack that opened at the beginning of May have emitted magma sources up to 67 meters (220 feet) in height. There was no activity in the other cracks, but the nine, 10, and 24 openings expelled gases, the scientists say.

The eighth crack's lava wiped out coastal areas in just two days this week and destroyed hundreds of homes. The lava filled Kapoho Bay and extended the territory of the Big Island, which now extends 1.2 kilometers (nearly a mile) further than the coast before.

It has been almost two weeks since the crack formed more recent. Scientists can not predict what will happen, but they have indicated that it is possible that other cracks that project lava and other openings can be reactivated.

Scientists monitor the rupture zone and where it is under pressure, as a possible indication of the formation of additional cracks. "However, in recent weeks, the break zone has been relatively stable." Steve Brantley, of the Volcanological Observatory of Hawaii, from the United States Geological Survey. "So it seems that for the moment there is just a flow of magma that moves in the first zone and bursts into eight."

Scientists, both in the air and on the ground, try to follow the traces of existing cracks. They take the temperature of the steam coming out of the cracks and watching if they are expanding or expanding, as possible clues that they become new, Brantley said.