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WHERE LAVA MEETS OCEAN

High resolution images of molten lava colliding with the Pacific Ocean. More ocean entry lava can be viewed in this gallery: http://leighs-gallery.smugmug.com/organize/Moltenlavaphotos/ROYAL-GARDENS-LAVA-FLOW-2011
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Lava Blasts into Pacific Ocean #1<br /> <br /> Moonlight illuminates this stunning phenomenon: massive explosions take place at the base of the plume where molten lava is pumping into the ocean on the Island of Hawaii.<br /> <br /> The plume is comprised of steam, sulfur dioxide, hydrachloric acid, glass particles, ash, rock, and black sand. As the molten lava pours out of the lava tubes that carried it from magma chambers under the flanks of Mauna Loa’s Kilauea volcano above, it instantly explodes into black sand and rock fragments. Many of these molten chunks will continue floating and streaming on the ocean. This is the most ocean entry lava that has been seen here in local memory.<br /> <br /> Island of Hawaii
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Lava Blasts into Pacific Ocean #1

Moonlight illuminates this stunning phenomenon: massive explosions take place at the base of the plume where molten lava is pumping into the ocean on the Island of Hawaii.

The plume is comprised of steam, sulfur dioxide, hydrachloric acid, glass particles, ash, rock, and black sand. As the molten lava pours out of the lava tubes that carried it from magma chambers under the flanks of Mauna Loa’s Kilauea volcano above, it instantly explodes into black sand and rock fragments. Many of these molten chunks will continue floating and streaming on the ocean. This is the most ocean entry lava that has been seen here in local memory.

Island of Hawaii

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  • ~ Pele's Confetti Party is not over ~
  • Dawn arrives while a lava ocean entry spatter rim continues to be formed by exploding lava #2
  • Dawn arrives while a lava ocean entry spatter rim continues to be formed by exploding lava
  • Lava Blasts into Pacific Ocean #1<br /> <br /> Moonlight illuminates this stunning phenomenon: massive explosions take place at the base of the plume where molten lava is pumping into the ocean on the Island of Hawaii.<br /> <br /> The plume is comprised of steam, sulfur dioxide, hydrachloric acid, glass particles, ash, rock, and black sand. As the molten lava pours out of the lava tubes that carried it from magma chambers under the flanks of Mauna Loa’s Kilauea volcano above, it instantly explodes into black sand and rock fragments. Many of these molten chunks will continue floating and streaming on the ocean. This is the most ocean entry lava that has been seen here in local memory.<br /> <br /> Island of Hawaii
  • Molten Lava and Electric Bolt Blasts Inside moonlit Lava Plume <br /> <br /> In a stunning display of awesome power, a massive volume of molten lava pours into the Pacific Ocean and instantly explodes resulting in tremendous heat, steam, sulfur gas, glass particles, rock, black sand and rarely, a lightning bolt within the raging plume - seen as the small violet color above the sparks in this photo.
  • Moonlit volcanic plume with exploding molten lava as people watch at a safe distance. #1 ~~ Island of Hawaii
  • ~ Molten Lava Meets Pacific Ocean ~<br /> <br /> A recent phenomenon; massive explosion takes place at the base of the plume where molten lava is pumping into the ocean on the Island of Hawaii.<br /> <br /> The plume is comprised of steam, sulfur dioxide, hydrochloric acid, glass particles, ash, rock, and black sand. As the molten lava pours out of the lava tubes that carried it from magma chambers under the flanks of Mauna Loa’s Kilauea volcano above, it instantly explodes into black sand and rock fragments. Many of these molten chunks will continue floating and streaming on the ocean. This is the most ocean entry lava that has been seen here in local memory.
  • ~ Molten Lava Meets Pacific Ocean ~ Island of Hawaii July 08<br /> <br /> A recent phenomenon; massive explosions take place at the base of the plume where molten lava is pumping into the ocean on the Island of Hawaii.<br /> <br /> The plume is comprised of steam, sulfur dioxide, hydrachloric acid, glass particles, ash, rock, and black sand. As the molten lava pours out of the lava tubes that carried it from magma chambers under the flanks of Mauna Loa’s Kilauea volcano above, it instantly explodes into black sand and rock fragments. Many of these molten chunks will continue floating and streaming on the ocean. This is the most ocean entry lava that has been seen here in local memory.
  • ~ Dusk Lava Enters the Sea #2 ~<br /> <br /> Dusk light reveals the colors glowing off the plume where molten lava enters the ocean
  • Dusk lava enters the sea
  • ~ Lava Meeting the Ocean at Dusk #2 ~ has plume steam twister on right and lava tube fumes in foreground
  • ~ Lava Meeting the Ocean at Dusk ~
  • Newly hatched chunks of molten lava float on the ocean and steam awhile
  • Molten Lava Floats Meets an Ocean Wave
  • Molten Lava rocks float on an incoming wave
  • Lava and Ocean Meet<br /> <br /> Molten lava breakout on forming lava bench
  • The red-orange inside the wave is molten lava churning.<br /> <br /> Image # LRH_4089<br /> <br /> Date Taken: 2013-06-15 05:37:43<br /> Camera: Canon EOS-1D X<br /> Exposure Time: 0.25s (1/4)<br /> Aperture: f/8<br /> ISO: 100<br /> Focal Length: 148mm
  • ~ New Lava Bench #2 ~<br /> <br /> Another view of a newly formed bench created along the ocean as lava pours over and over upon itself. These are a very dangerous areas to get too close to because they regularly collapse into the sea without warning, taking much of the nearby cliff with it, as well as create very explosive blasts of rock far offshore and inland and sometimes scalding waves of sea water..
  • New lave bench #1
  • ~ Dusk Lava Enters the Sea #3 ~<br /> <br /> Dusk light reveals the colors glowing off the plume where molten lava enters the ocean
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