The recent images of Hawaii ’s erupting Kilauea volcano are as engrossing as they are perturbing , but as this Modern timelapse television taken from the top of nearby Mauna Kea show up , the scene from above the cloud round top is just as spectacular .
Normally , the broad - angle camera at the Gemini North scope is used to monitor atmospheric conditions , but officials at the high - altitude observatory recently used it to produce this stunning , 45 - second - long timelapse .
The advantage degree is from Mauna Kea , a dormant Big Island volcano that ’s 13,800 feet ( 4,200 meters ) eminent , and locate 40 miles ( 64 km ) from Mount Kilauea . The infrared filter was murder from the photographic camera , giving the volcanic glow its whitish - blue chromaticity , rather than the expected red glow from the lava .
The video shows the glow emanating from the Kilauea neighborhood during the night of May 21 to 22 . It was during this clock time that lava was head for the hills from multiple fissures near the Leilani Estates in the Puna dominion , and when lava began to flow into the sea , spewing toxic steam into the sky .
The Gemini tv camera is looking eastward toward the town of Hilo , which is hidden by clouds . The modulation from even to dark , with the mountain throw off its phantom and the champion suddenly becoming visible , is completely otherworldly .
The Kilauea irruption continues to be an active event , with no apparent final stage in hatful . Earlier this week , a lava stream stopped short of a geothermal might plant , and lava continues to swarm into the ocean , producing so - called “ laze , ” a combination of lava and fog . Sure , the pictures and videos are incredible to look at , but this vent is a incubus for those who have to deal with it .
[ Gemini Observatory ]
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