The largest active volcano in the world, Mauna Loa, is currently erupting as evidenced by stunning satellite photographs.
On the Big Island of Hawaii, Mauna Loa erupted on Sunday night for the first time in almost 40 years, spewing a flurry of lava that trickled down its side. Since then, satellites have taken pictures of this amazing sight from low-Earth orbit.
The images, which were taken by Maxar Technologies on Monday night at around 22:30, show a substantial lava flow moving along the Northeast Rift Zone.
There have also been reports of lava fountains up to 40 meters (148 feet) high in addition to the lava flow.
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A rise in the number of earthquakes below the Mauna Loa summit (from 10 to 20 per day to 40 to 50 per day), an increase in the rate of inflation as measured by GPS stations, and an increase in inflation as measured by the MOK tiltmeter all indicate that the unrest became more intense in mid-September 2022. According to the United States Geological Survey, the unrest was brought on by a new magma inflow into the summit reservoir system of Mauna Loa (USGS).
The largest active volcano in the world is named Mauna Loa. According to the USGS, it has previously erupted 33 times since modern record-keeping started in 1843. A lava flow from the volcano’s last eruption in 1984 came within 7.2 kilometers (4.5 miles) of Hilo, the island’s largest city.
Ralph Keeling, a geoscientist at Scripps Oceanography and the son of Charles David Keeling, who created the renowned Keeling Curve, the daily record of the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, stated, “It’s a large eruption and it’s in a horrible area.”
