That’s the current vent in Halemaʻumaʻu crater, which is in Kilauea Caldera (Big Island, Hawaii).
That vent feeds down to Pu’u ‘O’o (an older but always active vent) and then down to the ocean – where it is currently quite spectacular (surface flows and ocean entry).
One of our houses is just 1/4 mile from Halema’uma’u crater (we are just outside the National Park border) – so we can see the glow at night from our house.
richardelguru says
Itn’t that the same guy they found on Mars.
Wow! He gets around!!
Grumpy Santa says
For some reason that just made my day. :)
Nerd of Redhead, Dances OM Trolls says
Looks like your description of the Devil Cat™.
Tabby Lavalamp says
My favourite twitter comment on this is “It’s official. 2016 has stopped even trying to be subtle.”
https://twitter.com/MuseZack/status/760273291097411584
Crimson Clupeidae says
They seem so welcoming…..
Sili says
As long as there’s no Trump there …
brett says
@4. Tabby Lavalamp
That is perfect. The world giving us a giant, lava, shit-eating grin . . .
Joseph Felsenstein says
…… and to make it all perfect, note that the photo was taken by Paradise Helicopters. Looking down.
Marcus Ranum says
Jesus, is that you?
David Cook says
That’s the current vent in Halemaʻumaʻu crater, which is in Kilauea Caldera (Big Island, Hawaii).
That vent feeds down to Pu’u ‘O’o (an older but always active vent) and then down to the ocean – where it is currently quite spectacular (surface flows and ocean entry).
One of our houses is just 1/4 mile from Halema’uma’u crater (we are just outside the National Park border) – so we can see the glow at night from our house.
Lava is fun :)
Here is our recipe for cooking in lava…
http://www.instanthawaii.com/cgi-bin/hi?Volcano.cook
beardymcviking says
That grin.. I think it might be ‘stoned’?
Ichthyic says
I wonder what Buffy would have thought of a Hellmouth like this.
Rich Woods says
@Ichthyic #12:
“What, another?”
kaleberg says
We dumped my mother-out-law’s ashes into that thing some years back. That shut it up for a while, but it looks like it’s acting up again.