[Rockhounds] [SPAM] Re: Hawaii eruptions and earthquakes

[Axel Emmermann]

It's indeed BIG.
If I recall it right, Mauna Loa is the heaviest volcano on earth. Also the
longest (it think Mauna Loa is Hawaiian for "Long Mountain".)

Seen from the shore on Captain Cook's landing site, Mauna Loa doesn't look
all that impressive. The volcano, although being a shield volcano, has some
foothills.
Captain Cook sent his 1st officer with some men to go and find out what was
beyond "them there" hills.
After nearly a week they returned with the answer: "Nothing... they keep
going up forever".
If you stand on top of Mauna Kea (13.802 ft) and look towards Mauna Loa
(only 120 lower), you don't get the feeling of overwhelming size. That's
because there is little to compare the immense size of those volcanoes with
other things in the landscape. You can see a layer of blue haze near the top
of Mauna Loa. That is sulfur dioxide exhaust from the volcano.
Many people get altitude sickness, though. We saw a pretty sunset an were
waiting for the galaxy to appear in the darkening sky... We just saw the
moon and Jupiter and one star. 
Bill Heacox (Kitty's husband and Astronomy professor at Hilo University) ,
who took us there, explained that due to the height our brain is deprived of
oxygen and shuts down all unnecessary functions... such as detailed color
vision. You just cannot see the stars except for the brightest celestial
objects.  
After descending 4.660 ft to the visitors Center (9.200 ft), the galaxy
burst into a truly majestic display of stars of different colors.

After Pele settles down, quakes have quoken, and tops have blown, I can
recommend going there.... It's paradise without having to pass by St.
Peter....

Cheers
Axel

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Onderwerp: Re: [Rockhounds] [SPAM] Re: Hawaii eruptions and earthquakes

It's a shield volcano. Think BIG. 

Tim Fisher
Orerockon.com
Email nospam at orerockon.com


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Behalf Of gary brown
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2018 8:08 AM
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Subject: Re: [Rockhounds] [SPAM] Re: Hawaii eruptions and earthquakes

"posting the alarmist stuff from pbs and NPR".  Really?  NPR and PBS are
spot-on. Kitty alarmist?  Rather, Kitty is a realist.    

"blow it's top".  We in the biz call that "hyperbole" as in "exaggerated
statements or claims not meant to be taken literally".  Of course we know
that the volcano isn't going to do that.  Sheesh.  It's going to send out a
LOT of chunks, but it's not going to do a Mt. St. Helens.  

And the volcano is "flat" only in comparison to strato volcanoes such as Mt.
Rainier.  Less-than-viscous lava flowing out for millennia spreads into a
layered blob (how's THAT for a techie phrase?) that just keeps building and
building.  When you count height of the island below sea level you get a
mountain over 33,000 feet tall.

GcB

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EDWARD J WAGNER
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Subject: [SPAM] Re: [Rockhounds] Hawaii eruptions and earthquakes

Since when is Dora Smith a vulcanologist?  The fact that the volcano is flat
has more to do with erosion than the active part of the lava  pipe under the
surface, and in this case, the ocean. the other point is that one , in
history as well as news, relies upon  first hand accounts, as in: eye
witnesses and others who are on the scene. as far as fake news goes, your
disbelief in what is happening in Hawai'i is a case of ignorance, in
comparison to the people who are there, and are undergoing the trauma of
having the disaster around them. By the way, when was the last time you went
to the islands? 


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----- Original Message -----
From: Dora Smith <tiggernut24 at yahoo.com>
To: Rockhounds at drizzle.com: A mailing list for rock and gem collectors
<rockhounds at rockhounds.drizzle.com>, Kitty <kahako at hawaiiantel.net>, Axel
Emmermann <axel.emmermann at telenet.be>
Sent: Tue, 15 May 2018 07:10:17 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: [Rockhounds] Hawaii eruptions and earthquakes

Kitty, you're the person who's been posting the alarmist stuff from pbs and
NPR?   It undercut your credibility.

 From what I can see on TV news, most native Hawaiians are taking Madame
Pele pretty much in stride.   Should the volcano start spewing refrigerator
sized boulders, NOT "blow the top off" of a large flat volcano with many
craters and fissures, most people will be watching the show.

You'd do better to stick to local media and government sources.

I am questioning how someone who is there, could possibly not know that the
volcano is large and flat, with numerous craters and fissures, and doesn't
HAVE a top to blow off.  You need to get your nose out of pbs and npr day in
and day out, and go outside!

If you WANT to be alarmist, can you please spare us!

Dora

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