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HONOLULU (AP) — The latest eruption of a Hawaii volcano isn't threatening any infrastructure but health officials are warning the public about air-quality hazards from volcanic smog known as vog
HONOLULU, Hawaii - The eruption of one of the world’s most active volcanoes, continues to captivate onlookers on Hawaii’s Big Island, drawing thousands of visitors. The uptick in activity ...
Sep. 12—Related Photo Gallery: HVO geologists observe as Kīlauea continues to erupt As the eruption of Kilauea continued for a second day, vog conditions returned to the west side of Hawaii island.
Vog is a form of air pollution that results when sulfur dioxide and other gases and particles emitted by an erupting volcano react with oxygen and moisture in the presence of sunlight. The word is a portmanteau of the words "volcanic" and " smog ". [ 1 ]
In response to the second episode, scientists and local government officials on April 9, 2008, ordered hundreds of people to evacuate from the Park and nearby villages because the sulfur dioxide concentration levels had reached a critical level and a hazardous vog plume extended downwind from the crater. The evacuation lasted two days.
Vog (volcanic fog) can envelop the island of Hawaii when Kilauea is active. Since the termination of volcanic activity in September 2018, vog has largely disappeared on the west side of the island. [44] The gas plumes created a blanket of vog that the trade winds mostly deflect toward the Kona coast. Vog can damage the health of plants, humans ...
What Is Vog? This is the sixth eruption within the Kilauea caldera since 2020. According to the USGS, these eruptions in the summit region have lasted for about a week to more than a year in duration.
When geologist Thomas Jaggar of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology gave a lecture in Honolulu in 1909, he was approached by businessman Lorrin A. Thurston (grandson of Asa Thurston who was on the 1823 missionary tour) about building a full-time scientific observatory at Kīlauea. The Hawaiian Volcano Research Association was formed by ...