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Well covered by the regulars but here's another round up of events so far and the world's largest active volcano.

 

 

 

With the lava originally emerging just  a few hours before the combined Solstice and Grand Conjunction on the 21st December and a rainbow added for good measure..

 

 

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Latest update from BiG Island Video news.

 

 

Madame Pele still filling Her bath tub as someone irreverently put it and carefuly watched from a distance.

 

In a history of tens of millions of years the supposed end of the Kilauea eruptive phase in 2018 was not an end at all of course.

 

 

 

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One month on at the crater.

 

With a bit of work on the plumbing, a pressure check and much banging around in the basement the lake now has hot and cold running lava again.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaKP0LGwOnA

 

Kilauea remains the largest active volcano and could now quite possibly be the world's largest sand timer.

 

 

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Heavy rain a cause for concern on the Big Island in the usual places but Maui to the North has had several bridges destroyed and some people made homeless with a dam inspection scheduled for later today before some residents are allowed to return.

 

 

 

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