Kilauea’s Highly Explosive Eruptions; Why They Occur

In 1790, the largest historical explosive eruption of the Kilauea volcano occurred. It sent pyroclastic flows which incinerated areas slightly more than 2 miles beyond its caldera rim and caused boulders of rock to be thrown a similar distance. What had occurred was an explosive eruption approximately 1/13th the size of the 1980 eruption of Mount Saint Helens from a volcano typically not well known for explosive activity. This video will explain why Kilauea occasionally produces explosive eruptions. Thumbnail Photo Credit: U.S. Geological Survey, Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, Public Domain, This photo was then overlayed with text which was then bordered in black before being overlayed with white text which was moved to the lower right slightly, tilted slightly, overlayed with the GeologyHub logo, overlayed with a red arrow that has a black border, and then overlayed with an orange border overlay. If you would lik