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2003/02/19 Elhuyar Zientzia

• Geologia

The Kilauea volcano is the youngest volcano on the Greater Hawaiian Island.Topographically, it seems like a bulge of the Mauna Loa volcano. In fact, Mauna is located southeast of Loa and has been considered for many years as its satellite and not as an isolated volcano. In addition, much of the Kilauea is located under the sea. However, in recent decades, geologists have discovered that it has a magma warehouse and its own system. In fact, the magma deposit of the Kilauea volcano reaches a depth of over 60 km below the ground.

The Kilauea is one of the most active volcanoes in the world and, right now, is alive, constantly expelled from the magma. Although the eruptions of the Hawaiian volcanoes are not as violent as those of other types of volcanoes, the flow of the Kilaue is huge and transforms everything the lava captures. The images show the capacity of the Kilaue.