This week we visited Kilauea in Hawaii. This volcano was formed as the Pacific tectonic plate moved over the Hawaiian hotspot. It used to be a submarine volcano which means it was under water but over years of erupting has formed into a shield volcano. It used to be thought of as a satellite of Mauna Loa. It's eruption history has been very violent but became totally inactive around the 1940's. At it's current state it is continuously
active and is always spewing magma. One of the biggest threats of Kilauea at this time is laze. Laze is a glass laced steam that is being produced from the reaction of sea water and the lava. This will eventually turn into acid rain and has already killed two people from inhaling the laze.
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