How Did Hawaii Form?

The volcanic island chain was born when the Pacific tectonic plate drifted over a hotspot in Earth’s mantle.
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[@Derpster2493]

Hawaii is earth pimple.

[@dornixrex2818]

Lol

[@sonminatozak1450]

HAHAHAHAHAA

[@jaowashingtune8729]

its a lava lamp

[@MrHistory269]

As a Hawaiian I found that insulting at first then I just laughed a lot

[@7_y1ar]

its like a itch that moves, but its a pimple

[@viavei5124]

I was told to watch this by my teacher. What about you?

[@blackice000]

same bro

[@dylanbrueggeman9882]

Same here

[@2Epik4u]

yes

[@dawnlydawn]

Yup sadly

[@ava039zz7]

Yes thats fax.

[@DanisaurXDD]

so, am i the only person who googled this out of curiosity??

[@gamingwithjay8937]

probably because I have to watch this for science

[@rafa_tel]

me too

[@fergimasta]

Nope

[@L0cally0wn3d]

Pure interest here

[@anahharrison9445]

yall...if i have to do anymore science work im gonna cry

[@MonsiuerDoughDough]

I HAVE BEEN FORCED TO WATCH THIS AND THEN WRITE DOWN A ENTIRE DOCUMENT DUE TO THIS VIDEO.

[@ryguymdphd]

Are there any sources for a more in depth explaination of how things work under the crust?

[@AbhijeetBorkar]

Can't wait for my vacation in Loihi.

[@dornixrex2818]

Nobody cares

[@davidwilliams4616]

Oh, but you will wait. And wait.

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@@dornixrex2818 DUMB BITCH

[@career5690]

How was your vacation?

[@znrdn]

This video is really helping me for my Earth Science class.

[@niamshah4530]

Was told watch this video by my geography teacher 💀

[@BE4NYYY]

Same

[@ZeroTwo945_TT]

Who’s here for school homework

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[@ZeroTwo945_TT]

Egg is Confused hai

[@blackice000]

suh dude

[@chikyfelix]

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[@anaukmez3789]

I wouldn’t know the island is formed by java

[@ivoflo]

*lava

[@cosmicdonut6588]

@@ivoflo *Javascript

[@brendarua01]

Nicely done. Maybe you can also address the Yellowstone volcano hot spot and the Snake River Plain? This structure is visible to the public, with interesting differences when compared to Hawaii. Thanks!

[@paulemillevasseur7622]

9 people were annoyed by the narrator's voice.

[@amdwamdw5625]

ha! I know I'm very much late to the party here, but now it's thirty.

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Paul Emil Levasseur 😂

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[@originalname6921]

@@amdwamdw5625 I'm even later and now I can't tell

[@shambhavitripathi4925]

Great explanation...Understood so well.

[@Yuhon100]

Thank you for the information, I have never been to Hawaii after coming so close to visit the Big Island. I heard it is very nice also.

[@kaleolll5374]

Meh, Oahu is better bro.

[@HannahvanDijk-cm8cp]

Got a test about this tomorrow 🥴

[@vg-_-turbo6589]

How’d it go

[@StephanieGumapac]

Please next time, put a text on every detail about what you said because I can't clearly understand what you meant or what's the spelling of that word

[@chaseofori-atta2225]

Hawaii is forever beautiful--hope to visit soon!

[@alyaabadi8882]

Thank you, very simple and concise. :)

[@jason38800]

interesting. are there any other islands formed this way

[@001100AAAEA]

And here I thought islands float

[@kobeclan8558]

Why it formed the island chain? I mean if the Pacific Plate keeps moving northwest and the magma keeps melt the bottom of the crust. Then It will form a continuous land instead of an island chain?

[@MichaelClark-uw7ex]

The Pacific place changed directions ~40M years ago, it was moving north-northwest but now it is mostly west-northwest, look at the Emperor seamounts. Lava takes the path of least resistance, it most likely came up through cracks in the crust so the volcanoes form intermittently.

[@fuckallhell]

The older islands are also slowly sinking

[@harsFIT]

Thats really an evergreen video

[@edmond3rdeyewoods524]

They already got a name for a island not even created yet ???

[@uncczr]

Watchin this in geology class

[@rohan-real]

This information absolutely gobsmacked me! Please remember to slap that subscribe button because this creator is so educational 🎉❤❤❤❤ -LOVE FROM OHIO

[@wdoujh]

npc

[@rohan-real]

​@@wdoujh the only npc is the one that doesnt understand sarcasm

[@Mouldybread6]

stop spreading misinformation hotspots dont move🤬🤬🤬🤬😡😡😡😡🤬🤬

[@gurp418]

IKR 😠😠😠😠😠

[@Sam_-oc7xt]

The islands are not damn 5M years old ☠️💀☠️ What are you talking about 💀☠️

[@ivoflo]

Broad new knowledge

[@justinmatthewmenorca459]

Mmm mantle plumes. My favorite.

[@redpillaware5101]

Way back in time, when japan was connected to north america Hawaii was located near alaska This is well before the earth expanded and we had the pacific spread we do today. Earth was once as small as mars and has grown the the side it is today. Just look at google earth and it's obvious. Everything was connected, on a smaller sphere, with no oceans.

[@continafrazier3443]

Mr. Jennings I did complete this & turn it in

[@ChadDidNothingWrong]

0:59 Thats where we need to be disposing of nuclear waste. Not even kidding. Dump a sarcophagus designed to only break down after it reaches the bottom of the magma chamber, then the fuel can come out and safely melt down to the core where there is no water table to cause any water vapor blasts. Heck, even if you dumped the waste straight in, it would sink straight down and theb could easily dilute to less than 1000x the concentration of the origina, already safely dilute rocks it came out of if the chamber was big enough.

[@gurp418]

Mis-information, hotspots cannot move 😠😠😠😠😠

[@Mouldybread6]

true true. liars these days!

[@gurp418]

yea ikr

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ok

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Who lost a argument 😂😂

[@fatboypaul]

Joe Rogan podcast led me to this

[@Tall-Cool-Drink]

Interesting.

[@axellion6940]

im here for 8th grade science school work, uGh this voice plSs

[@gyroflux]

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[@CDsnipes]

Ima nerd

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🐓

[@jordanfoster4942]

Who else is doing this for work and got annoyed by the voice so stopped listening...just me 😑

[@tamezzodiac2862]

Funny the have a name for it already.

[@nicolamat1983]

dunno why

[@nicolamat1983]

Awesome

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Was this how the rock Dwayne Johnson was created ?

[@pearspeedruns]

yes

[@user-bk8tf6cw4b]

Badly done narration ruined this video. Trustworthy professionals do not use upspeak nor vocal fry.

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hmmmmm.............. ;)

[@ardet7383]

Who else is here because they searched it up? I'm researching world building for a hobby. How about you?

[@pearspeedruns]

I’m taking a class on geography and just needed a second explanation of this.

[@jakeybakey16]

kool

[@nicolamat1983]

I was told by me teacher

[@luce9704]

thanks for this. God bless! repent and believe in Christ :))

[@nipunkhare]

Hawa-whyy?

[@galaxiedance3135]

Formed by Climate Change :) haha

[@nicolamat1983]

😜

[@nicolamat1983]

Llllllooooollll

[@CoreyJayB]

It was created by the demigod, Maui... Duh

[@evekullberg4859]

Scientific American, why would you have a narrator with valley girl attitude? It's like, so NOT professional! *hair flip* I can barely take this information seriously.

[@hempisnotpot4112]

show intelligence not ignorance and pronounce the name of the island correctly its not HA WHY E ....duh its HA Vai E... when the W is the first letter of the word its pronounced as a W when the W is any where else its pronounced as the letter V .... wake and respect the language or dont speak

[@hilarylittle657]

Literally nobody cares

[@williamruder2947]

broo. not sigma

[@todaywithjesimielmillar1556]

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