Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano exploded a tall, steely grey column of ash into the sky Thursday, just as scientists warned eight days ago. Experts say the explosive ballistic displays could continue for weeks, and they don’t know when it’s going to stop. It’s complicated, like a bad Facebook relationship status,” said volcanologist Janine Krippner of Concord University in West Virginia. “It would be anybody’s guess why it changed behaviour in the last few weeks as it dramatically did,” said volcanologist Erik Klemetti of Denison University in Ohio. Before Thursday’s eruption, the lava lake at the volcano’s summit crater dropped steadily as lava oozed out from cracks elsewhere on the volcano.

Source: National Post May 18, 2018 00:56 UTC