Fissure 8: 2018 Kilauea Eruption Drone Archive Released - 3/3 (Feb. 27, 2021)

HAWAIʻI ISLAND - This Unoccupied Aircraft Systems footage is part of an expansive release by the USGS, which includes over a thousand video files that were recorded during the 4-month eruption of Kilauea on the lower East Rift Zone in the summer of 2018.
In this video, Kahu Piʻilani Kaʻawaloa shares the moʻolelo surrounding her choice for a new name, Ahuʻailāʻau, with the Hawaiʻi Board on Geographic Names.
A synthesized voice was utilized in the narration for this story. Video and photos are from the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.
Follow this USGS url for the UAS data release: www.usgs.gov/center-news/new-...

[@silverspiker]

Mahalo Kahu Pi’ilani Kahawaloa for sharing your heart and life experience of Kilauea eruptions. I pray the board honor your request.

[@aachucko]

I didnt understand much of what she was saying, but I can respect the history and tradition that she described.

[@jimc.6127]

Truly amazing to witness the continuing evolution of the Hawaiian islands.

[@ranradd]

Thanks for posting the talk by Kahu Piʻilani Kaʻawaloa. Really interesting to hear such wonderful Hawaiian culture. I vote for the name Ahuʻailāʻau.

[@oneshotme]

Very much enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up

[@Henrikbuitenhuis]

Thanks so much for the video and update

[@jessicadavis4541]

I’m about as far away from this as a Brit, but very interesting, very touching

[@vio-noob_6737]

1:20 is an incredible shot.

[@MsDcameron]

I just want to say something about all the rude comments about not being able to listen to this lady's voice. She's clearly a little bit older native Hawaiian, who's talking about important cultural aspects. Have some respect; just because she doesn't speak in the carefully rehearsed tones you're used to hearing doesn't mean she isn't saying something important to her culture.

[@matthewb769]

You are absolutely correct, people need to respect their elders. Elders in certain cultures are more revered then in others.

[@andyshelly3473]

thank you for your viewpoint . this is important news unlike politics lol.

[@kaseykalnasy7359]

I reported the offensive comments as 'hate speech'. Hopefully the comments will be removed.

[@MsDcameron]

@@kaseykalnasy7359 thank you. I didn't even think of that.

[@gemfyre855]

I wish I could have heard/understood it properly. Maybe subtitles would help?

[@andyshelly3473]

wow this should be front page news .

[@ryans413]

This was 2 years ago

[@Rammstein45]

Any reason why we had to wait to see this footage?

[@brittanynebula5664]

My thoughts as well...

[@TheEarthHistorysConfusing]

Loss of lives? Property?

[@lkimberly2064]

A fictional show once used a Nazi Germany appearance as part of a symbol play (fictional situations using real life images), in Germany that episode was forbidden whether because Germany didn't want to think about it or from propaganda or whatever the reason. Perhaps that's why, some kind of control reason?

[@Rammstein45]

@@TheEarthHistorysConfusing No one was killed.

[@reaktorleak89]

Maybe the administration change to Biden had something to do with it? Maybe an interest from the new administration to investigate older eruptions?

[@irahayes1382]

HAPPY SATURDAY! BIG ISLAND VIDEO!! FAM 2021

[@TheEarthHistorysConfusing]

^Sunday for me. ;)

[@aloha196575]

Interesting story

[@randybarnes8454]

Your final resting place is a volcano. That would be awesome.

[@ThatOpalGuy]

Truth be told, we're all subducted eventually.

[@elvinhayes7120]

Listen to this "synthesized" voice. You can hear it draw breath. Pretty damn good.

[@darrelneufeldt8450]

scary how good

[@DMT-kk3dp]

It's not a synthesized voice. I worked with her granddaughter during the eruption. Show her respect, she's a good person and comes from a good family.

[@darrelneufeldt8450]

@@DMT-kk3dp oh, it says under the video it uses a synthesized voice for the news clips

[@darrelneufeldt8450]

@@DMT-kk3dp I was just amazed how good they can make a synthesized voice

[@chris746568462]

1:02 1:42 2:18 Is about 19°28'00N 154°54'39W 6:50 Is about 19°28'16N 154°53'45W They survived best i can tell from google earth.

[@penguinuprighter6231]

How long til the Big Island moves off the vent?

[@Psychol-Snooper]

Given that the vent is creating the Big Island... I'd guess when the vent stops venting?

[@penguinuprighter6231]

@@Psychol-Snooper Not really. The sea floor is moving over a plume. Hawai'i is approximately one million years old, while Kauai is about seven million years old. Eventually the Big Island moves off and a new (possible) island starts forming. There's a string of seamounts northwest of Kauai. I have no idea how old the oldest of those is. Pretty darn cool.

[@penguinuprighter6231]

But ya there is certainly a vent.

[@Psychol-Snooper]

@@penguinuprighter6231 Oh good lord, just google Hawaiian Emperor Seamount chain. I really don't feel like explaining this at a middle school level.

[@ColePenner]

@@penguinuprighter6231 we have no way of knowing how old the hotspot is because the chain of seamounts runs all the way to the edge of the pacific plate and is subducting under the North American plate

[@mikeok75]

i liked her story

[@bennyfactor]

What TTS engine /service is used on these videos?

[@HamTransitHistory]

Because it opened in the middle of a subdivision, we have detailed images of 'before' the eruption thanks to Google maps. Fissure 8 actually opened up in the middle of Luana St. with Google streetview, you can actually 'stand' in the middle of a volcanic vent

[@HamTransitHistory]

The centre of Fissure 8, in 2011. www.google.ca/maps/@19.4616343,-154.909155,3a,60y,356.32h,84.41t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sHHKiImblHIK61fW78pl-3Q!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

[@SteadyBark96720]

@@HamTransitHistory 👍🏾 thanks

[@gus473]

@@HamTransitHistory Yes, thank you! 👍🏼😎✌🏼

[@DABIGRAGU1]

@@HamTransitHistory Wow, I took a walk around, gorgeous neighborhood. Thanks for that link, appreciate it.

[@sandykay9842]

Hey try give more up to date volcano watch I saw 3 helicopters yesterday someone should have the film Feb 26 2021 10:00-15:00

[@defiancemanon7285]

I think the name should be big daddy fissure 8

[@Rammstein45]

I've just been calling it Bob since it appeared. :D

[@SteadyBark96720]

CURSE UPON YOUR HOUSEHOLD

[@Rammstein45]

@@SteadyBark96720 Calm down, don't get all worked up in front of Bob the Fissure like that.

[@olegdoubko9351]

Without sound it’s better

[@lemonrev]

Ha, So from this audio clip that was provided with this mix of video, We hear that they might have locked this archive because it didnt fit the narrative of the island ? Seriously ? You really have to think about the state of WTF they are trying to say here. I do wonder why they have put the audio and video clips like they have. And i know they have much more than what they are currently showing. Interesting inDEED.

[@robertcalifornia4821]

Fissure McFissureFace

[@ZE0XE0]

correct

[@SteadyBark96720]

CURSE UPON YOUR HOUSEHOLD

[@gus473]

But how can you be sure....?🤔

[@patpierce4854]

Sorry, no. It is totally appropriate for Fissure 8 to be named by those families with the deepest ancestral connection to the area, not a silly meme.

[@robertcalifornia4821]

@@patpierce4854 yes. That is the name. There is nothing you can do to change it. Fissure formerly known as fissure #8.

[@hotcoffeeamericano]

why was her voice shaky

[@victoriabettencourt5916]

Sounds like Auntie has a vocal condition called Spasmodic Dysphonia which cause vocal cords to spasm involuntarily and close. I know because I have SD. It's exhausting to even speak. So bless her for not being silenced.

[@72marshflower15]

Pu’u Leilani

[@philipbahia924]

this can't be recent for 2021

[@ryans413]

No this is from 2018

[@philipbahia924]

@@ryans413 thank you for letting me know. 👍

[@luklopskywalk]

jesus that hard to listen to

[@hempisnotpot4112]

name it pele's justice... and respect the name Hawai'i... its pronounced Ha Vai E not Ha Why E

[@cornbreadfedkirkpatrick9647]

This is very scary I only hope no lava bombs

[@vincentmuller3602]

YHWH & PELE Hebrews chapter 12. Mt Zion. City of the Living God. For our God is a consuming FIRE🔥 return the mountain or I'll take the WORLD! Aloha From Puna. GODFATHER 3 VINCENT NWO!

[@lizettramos2783]

YOU know this volcano came out from CALEXICO CALIFORNIA yes and it is carrying a ❤ remember my words I am the one saying this since two years ago

[@jamesfarnham1976]

I want to see the footage but couldn't listen to that voice!

[@MsDcameron]

Have a little respect. She's obviously a bit older lady and a native Hawaiian. Just because it's not the manicured voice you're used to hearing doesn't mean it doesn't have anything important to say.

[@davidsquall351]

yeah the low iq pidgin speak is off putting for sure.

[@MsDcameron]

@@davidsquall351 not nearly as off putting as the low IQ intolerance.

[@patpierce4854]

@@MsDcameron Respect, indeed. Be still, listen, and learn from your elders. Sure, it sounds a little different than what you might hear in the regional accents or dialects close to home, but granting a formal name to something that changed the lives of thousands of people, in a culture where a name is not “just a label,” but a vital part of identity - is the appropriate thing to do. I am glad to see new footage from the 2018 eruption. And I am looking forward to “Big Daddy “ Fissure 8 has a totally appropriate name in the language of the original families to the Lower Puna region.

[@aqua2012]

Coincidences, like PGV drilling into the volcano?

[@TheEarthHistorysConfusing]

Some say it's done deliberately. They were after geothermal power. Near another island close by too.

[@lkimberly2064]

I hear some say a something was set off in or near a certain area to push an eruption. Weren't they at that point or close to it saying that Kilauea would collapse and cause a Pacific wide tsunami? That or/and other fears that Califonia would collapse and do the same?

[@TheEarthHistorysConfusing]

L Kimberly yes I heard that too and im in Australia. Thanks

[@ml.2770]

Believe what you want, but it takes very little effort to dismiss this theory.

[@DABIGRAGU1]

@@ml.2770 Yes, PGV does it consistently with "we don't frack" however they did move tons of toxic materials of which they denied having for years. They moved it to a close by location. If the threatening lava hit it they would have killed hundreds of people due to the toxic fumes emitted into the air. The country of Switzerland no longer allows Geothermal productions in their country at all. They've proven it causes major earthquakes.

[@dorothypapineau8283]

This isn’t what I want. I want mew footage. Please title it properly.

[@darlingicarus]

This IS all new footage, in the sense that it was only recently released by the government. It's new footage of a 2018 eruption.

[@dashdotdot]

Don't be so ungrateful.

[@daos3300]

you want mew footage, go watch some cats.

[@LOCMikeSF]

"A synthesized voice was used in the narration of this story.” This has to be the most painful audio I've heard in years. The choice of this voice is disturbing to me for another reason as well. The Hawaiians I know happen to be scientists, often geologists. While all agree that culture is important, one in particular points out that what is being portrayed here is a racial stereotype comfortable to some westerners. This is not to denigrate hearing this story nor the person telling it but a critique of the artificial voice used. Is true respect not better served by Hawaiian geologists teaching us aspects of science we did not previously understand? Even a clear telling of a story would be better. This feels like a ham handed endurance test of virtue. Culture is important, but perhaps also someday, "scientist" and "geologist" may be an equally important image in our minds of what it is to be "Hawaiian.” It's a living culture, not only an historical one. My sincere apologies if the voice I found to be an electronic, shaky, and annoying stereotype was an actual human being. Someone below suggested this, that the voice at the beginning was the synthesized one. I truly don’t believe that’s the case but if it is, my apologies. Note: there are two other videos in this series that provide scientific commentary and the footage is equally stunning. Many thanks to Big Island Video News for making these available.

[@darlingicarus]

The male voice in the beginning is synthesized. The woman's voice is from a recent virtual board meeting discussing the naming of the fissure. They said it in the video.

[@davidsquall351]

All that pele stuff was pointless lol

[@MsDcameron]

Not pointless to native Hawaiians.

[@davidsquall351]

@@MsDcameron fairy tales do not dictate where a fissure forms.

[@davidsquall351]

@@kaseykalnasy7359 how the fuck was my statement racist?

[@MsDcameron]

@@davidsquall351 not to you, perhaps. To some it's a spiritual part of their culture. The woman speaking is explaining the name she nominated for the fissure. Geologic features and terrain are very spiritual for some cultures; the Australian aborigines for instance. It doesn't need to be something you personally believe in for you to show respect for someone else's culture and beliefs. You asked why your comment came across as racist; it's because your comment leaves no room for respect for the speaker. You don't need to have the same beliefs as another to show respect for them.

[@davidsquall351]

@@kaseykalnasy7359 I am aware of their culture..I just dont give a fuck.Im here to see the footage.

[@ryans413]

Not too be rude but maybe don’t build a subdivision on a known rift zone they all kinda asked for this. No disrespect it’s awful what happened two years okay but they are know that there was this rift zone. Just leave it as forest area don’t build homes there. Now what happened down at the Bay is devastating by that’s the way the lava traveled