{"id":133254,"date":"2020-12-29T08:29:12","date_gmt":"2020-12-29T18:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=133254"},"modified":"2020-12-29T08:29:12","modified_gmt":"2020-12-29T18:29:12","slug":"uh-hilo-eruption-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/12\/29\/uh-hilo-eruption-work\/","title":{"rendered":"<abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> Hilo leaders get close look at eruption work"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_133249\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-133249\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/hilo-volcanic-eruption-tour-1.jpg\" alt=\"people watching plume from volcano\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-133249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/hilo-volcanic-eruption-tour-1.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/hilo-volcanic-eruption-tour-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/hilo-volcanic-eruption-tour-1-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-133249\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left, Kris Roney, Bonnie Irwin, and Jim Mike view the <span aria-label=\"Halemaumau\">Halema&#699;uma&#699;u<\/span> plume, near Keanakakoi, December 23, 2020. (Photo credit: Darcy Blevens)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Leaders from the <a href=\"https:\/\/hilo.hawaii.edu\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Hilo<\/a> saw first hand what researchers and alumni are working on at the site of the recent K&#299;lauea volcanic eruption at <span aria-label=\"Halemaumau\">Halema&#699;uma&#699;u<\/span> crater.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Related <em><abbr>UH<\/abbr> News<\/em> story: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/12\/22\/kilauea-eruption-spurs-hilo-alumni\/\">New K\u012blauea eruption spurs <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo alumni to front lines<\/a>, December 22, 2020<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_133251\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-133251\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/hilo-volcanic-eruption-tour-3-feature.jpg\" alt=\"person explaining tree formation at Kilauea\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-full wp-image-133251\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-133251\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Geologist Steve Lundblad, center front, explains formation of tree molds, while Jim Mike, his wife, and Nancy Lundblad keep social distance. (Photo credit: Darcy Bevens)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Steve Lundblad<\/strong> and <strong>Darcy Bevens<\/strong>, from the <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> Hilo <a href=\"https:\/\/hilo.hawaii.edu\/depts\/geology\/\">geology department<\/a> headed the tour at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/havo\/index.htm\"><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Volcanoes National Park<\/a> on December 23. Chancellor <strong>Bonnie D. Irwin<\/strong>, Vice Chancellor <strong>Kris Roney<\/strong>, College of Natural and Health Sciences Dean <strong>Jim Mike<\/strong>, along with geology faculty visited the site.<\/p>\n<p>The group viewed the steam from the K&#299;lauea eruption and saw samples of Pele\u2019s hair (volcanic glass), ash and volcanic rock.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It was wonderful to tour the park with knowledgeable geology faculty and staff and to hear about the work our alumni are doing as part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usgs.gov\/observatories\/hawaiian-volcano-observatory\"><abbr>USGS<\/abbr> <abbr>HVO<\/abbr> (Hawaiian Volcano Observatory)<\/a>,&rdquo; Irwin said. &ldquo;It is such a privilege to have such awesome natural wonders practically in our backyard here in Hilo. Each eruption is different from the next and each is fascinating. Makes me want to take a geology class!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hilo.hawaii.edu\/chancellor\/stories\/2020\/12\/24\/irwin-geologists-visit-volcanic-eruption\/\">Go to <em><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo Stories<\/em> for the full article and more photos.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;By Susan Enright, a public information specialist for the Office of the Chancellor and editor of <em><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo Stories<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_133250\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-133250\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/hilo-volcanic-eruption-tour-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-133250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/hilo-volcanic-eruption-tour-2.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/hilo-volcanic-eruption-tour-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/hilo-volcanic-eruption-tour-2-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-133250\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">After sunset, the <abbr>UH<\/abbr>administrators enjoy a view of other visitors, silhouetted against the <span aria-label=\"Halemaumau\">Halema&#699;uma&#699;u<\/span> plume, December 23, 2020. (Photo credit: Darcy Bevens)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leaders from <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo saw first hand what researchers and alumni are working on at the site of the recent K&#299;lauea volcanic eruption<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[14,907,108],"class_list":["post-133254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-uh-hilo","tag-uh-hilo-stories","tag-volcano","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133254"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":133262,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133254\/revisions\/133262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}