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Posts Tagged ‘Kilauea’
Animals, Nature, Videos & Documentaries, Mar 9th, 2012,
Since it’s Friday, I thought I’d post a few videos that are sure to shock, amuse and make you go hmmm… First, a tigon has been born at a zoo China. A tigon, or tiglon, is a hybrid big cat born of a lion mother and a tiger father. Generally smaller than ligers, the better-known lion-tiger hybrid – born of a lion father and tiger mother – tigons are not necessarily sterile and have been known to produce offspring of their own. Still, tigons have weak immune systems and ‘confused genetics’ according to the following ITN News report. But who…
Tags: flood, Hawaii, hybrid, Kilauea, lion, tiger, tigon, volcano
Nature, Videos & Documentaries, Mar 7th, 2011,
Hawaii’s Kilauea, one of the world’s most famous and most active of volcanoes, is erupting again in impressive fashion, shooting lava 80 ft (25m) into the air after collapsing a large crater. No homes have been threatened but the area surrounding the volcanic eruption has been closed off to visitors. Officials in Hawaii warn that an even larger eruption may be in store. Furthermore, according a report by Reuters the US Geological Survey recorded 150 small earthquakes that occurred along with the eruption. A 490-meter fissure also opened up on the eastern side of the volcano, shooting lava some 20…
Tags: eruption, Hawaii, Kilauea, video, volcano
Science & Technology, Weird Stuff, May 25th, 2010,
Kilauea has been erupting since Jan. 3, 1983, making it the volcano with the longest consecutive eruption time in the world – 10,000 days. The volcano, located on the ‘Big Island’ of Hawaii, reached this milestone on Friday, May 21st, according to a report by AP. Kilauea is one of the few active volcanoes that can be studied up close, though parts of volcano, which were once accessible, are now off limits to the public due to safety. From an article in West Hawaii Today: The closure is also in keeping with Hawaiian traditions, cultural anthropologist Keola Awong said. Hawaiians…
Tags: 000, 10, days, eruption, Hawaii, Hawaiian, Kilauea, volcano
