Mauna Loa Activity Update: Snow Capped Volcano Shows Unrest (Jan. 31, 2021)

HAWAIʻI ISLAND - Under a blanket of white, the Mauna Loa appears to be in deep sleep. However, the volcano is showing signs of unrest.
A synthesized voice was utilized in the narration for this story. Video and photos are from the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. Flyover video by Tropical Visions Video / Paradise Helicopters.

[@kealapuaonetamureamoreno8301]

I lived in Kailua-Kona in the early 70’s and can remember when Mauna Loa erupted. It was a quite night I was watching some TV in the living room sitting at window when all of a sudden a deep rumble sounded and the light poles started to dance in a up and down motion in a few minutes the sky above the mountain was framed in a curtain of REDDISH ORANGE!

[@SPARTAN085B]

And did King Ghirodrah come out?

[@snowmiaow]

Thank you for the story!

[@frankboff1260]

Omg that’s so frightening.

[@frankboff1260]

What happened after that? Did you evacuate in a panic?

[@MrWeedWacky]

@@frankboff1260 No as you can clearly deduce, he died in the eruption!

[@marks7192]

This is straight up information. No drama, no fluff. Mother nature is a no fluff kind of gal. Respect. !

[@magureatari19]

i feel like i am on the other side of the earth being european and i enjoy watching this so much! keep the videos coming!

[@respectbossmon]

Well, you ARE on the other side of the Earth from Hawaii (if you're in EUrope. Being in northeast USA, I get the same feeling watching livestreams from Australia.

[@how_about_naw]

I have been hooked on the volcano news for a couple of months now... watching from Scotland! I think it's partially the narrators relaxing voice.

[@MotoGiant]

Nothing quite like snow on a tropical island! 🤙

[@syphon_9892]

I didn't think in snowed in Hawaii, i guess i was wrong 🌋

[@LordToxygene]

@@syphon_9892 Supposedly it has a very diverse set of environments. There are some amazingly beautiful videos of all the areas on YT if you look for them. Great watch!

[@lkimberly2064]

By scientific measure it has at least 13 or 14 microbiomes and biomes, some so small they don't seem to be there.

[@thebonesaw..4634]

At 13,678 feet, Mauna Loa is 4,000 feet taller than Mt St Helens was (pre-eruption), and is a mere 700 feet shorter than Mt Rainier. Additionally, Hawaii is almost at the same latitude as Mexico City, which is itself surrounded by snow-capped, stratovolcanoes (Popocatépetl lies only 40 miles southeast of Mexico City and towers to 17,802 feet). It snows on Mauna Loa both summer and winter, although there's not nearly the same amount on top of it during the summer. Still, it's pretty cool seeing snow on a Hawaiian Island... it's so incongruous. Something else fun and amazing to think about is the fact that Mauna Loa is a shield volcano (which is a huge convex mound of rock - all of which came from inside Mauna Loa itself). Mt Rainier, on the other hand, is a stratovolcano (the cone shape we think of when we think of a volcano). Imagine if you filled in all the area around Rainier to its peak that sloped gradually downward all the way to the coast (the same way Mauna Loa does), until you couldn't see Mt Rainier anymore... it would take an absolutely insane amount of material to fill that all in. By itself, Mt Rainier has a volume of 2.6 cubic miles; whereas Mauna Loa's volume... is an unimaginably massive *9,700 cubic miles.* It's enough rock to build 3,730 Mt Rainiers!

[@MotoGiant]

@@syphon_9892 made a video of snow last wek

[@Liquessen]

Hello from Sweden, been following the Kilauea stuff since the 2018 eruption. Thanks for updates!

[@harrymiram6621]

Kilauea has been erupting, off & on since 1983. This most recent lull in activity, is just a break in the action. Madame Pele is nowhere near done working....

[@glassarthouse]

So essentially what you are saying is that the volcano’s speed of possible eruption is building at a speed about as slow as the seismologist’s speech.

[@kama6sutra1996]

Habit shaming in 2021... oof

[@joedellinger9437]

In the 90’s at least the rule of thumb was that Kilauea and Mauna Loa don’t erupt at the same time. Although in 1984 there was some overlap.

[@lkimberly2064]

They share space below the same island, with only some variation as to exact magma chambers. Their quakes do affect exact areas [hypocenters, where in the crust they originate] and that pressure overlaps. Overlap is more than possible but not as likely unless a larger volume gathers beneath them than one alone could spew (gas and volume pressure with limited release, look at ALL the quakes of a given time- not just what they show, to see exactly where the pressure is and how much it actually is; it is "inaccurate" but if you took every quake large and small and then added them and divided that number by how many quakes there are in the figure you got you could say at the least how much pressure is in the area. And why the overlap is no small issue).

[@kathypaaaina3953]

@@lkimberly2064 Aloha Kimberly your Understanding is immense Are you in the Islands I'd love to see you speak more with me to absorb this Awesome vast intelligence you have It feels like my Art when I paint it feels good. Where can I find this knowledge Please Mahalo Have you watched Scenic Hawaii HD my gift to you I'm 70 on the 02/02 I feel like you have me a Present.

[@reinaldotorres3429]

On 2017 I rented a jeep and I went to the top of Mauna Loa driving on the lava. My tires didn't blow up. I was by myself in vacation. I went to the station near by and kept going, another 6 miles on uncharted territory. Amazin. There was no snow when I was there, but there was snow at the Observatory.

[@islandvibez]

You drove on sacred lands keep that in mind.

[@JaviAirwraps]

Lovin these all encompassing yet concise update vids

[@Buddha_Approved]

Sending safe vibes to the big islands!

[@notforprofittho]

Holy shit that guy's voice will put you to sleep

[@Draconicwizard]

Yeah I had to stop the video......... because I was getting......... so uhhhhh... drowsy listening to this......... ............ oops fell asleep.... video

[@galacticadventurer6694]

The giant is waking up

[@alekmayhew1433]

Wake up faster. I need a show

[@barackobama9552]

You mean like 1984-85? I doubt it

[@anakinskywalker8859]

Hawaii's gonna have a blast in 2021

[@Hokua888]

I'm looking forwarding to it; we're all in for a treat this year.

[@Skywatcher51970]

Ggggggfffrbffbf

[@Skywatcher51970]

Fyg

[@hiveldket]

Yip, it's time for so popcorn and your bugout bag

[@jamesfair4315]

I never saw the craters on Mauna Loa before. I did see the spill from 35 yrs ago on the Kona coast. That's the scary side because its so close to the sea.

[@LikeYouWereThereOfficial]

Second! Hello from Texas! I love seeing these updates

[@ChatGPT_IND]

Same here 🇮🇳

[@freebeerecords]

How far down from the summit would you have to drill to hit magma?

[@anwaarsamai]

Lol you could have chosen a different volcano to ask that question. Mauna Loa the tallest volcano in the world, well, was. Right now it is the second tallest volcano in the world from under the ocean to the top.

[@Indpendent01]

this is a good and valid question. i am pretty sure they have seismic mapping that is pretty accurate in the location of the magma chambers. i dont know the answer though.

[@bkreativepainting7461]

Depends where you drill, under the summit, you’d have to drill sideways into the main vent cause there’s an active lava pool at the surface, But the lava from that is about a couple kms down

[@freebeerecords]

@@bkreativepainting7461 thanks - Fritz

[@marktwain5803]

8 gigtrillion centronitisms

[@jeffragar3493]

Living in the midwest where there has been just a few barely noticeable earthquakes in my lifetime, it's hard to imagine that people live where "only" 50 per week is considered normal.

[@Nicbudd]

Most of those are probably too small to feel

[@captainsalty9022]

Spent the night on Maura Loa in the summit cabin in the late ‘70’s. You could feel the mountain quiver.

[@ericarose1979]

No matter how dormant there is always something going on underneath. It is impressive force of nature to be admired from a distance. Car hop trays from amazon, stay safe.

[@TheRuVedicChannel]

Hi mate. I'm an hr south of Lima. Keeping an eye of the seismic activity here is interesting also. Pretty sure if this thing wakes up we'll feel it. I was in Loreto last year for the 6 7.

[@skellingtonmeteoryballoon]

Volcano 🌋 are so cool. So many are active now than ever before!🌋

[@Drnardinov]

I used to come to this page for the fascinating views of the eruption, now I just tune in to be mesmerized by this guys voice. I CAN'T tell if it's AI or a hybrid AI neuralink hybrid media portal.

[@marktwain5803]

He's from zebulan duh

[@juliagreen423]

I do not believe this voice to be synthesized

[@OleOlson]

Same here.

[@hiveldket]

Lol I can't either, I keep watching these to find the machine flaw

[@joepromedio]

It is not a computer generated voice. It is a human voice that has been synthesized.

[@kyletaylor3074]

@@joepromedio Why do you need it? I hear it but I've never heard it so clear.

[@juliagreen423]

@@joepromedio Ok. I do not believe this voice to be synthesized

[@debraolivier2147]

I have enjoyed these videos immensely. Also watched the youtube documentary on St Helens eruption in 1980, wow!

[@LossyLossnitzer]

I think the HVO need to license the software that baering uses in baering.github.io/ especially the 3D visualisation of Iceland It makes Volcanos look so much better in presentations and really helps the understanding of where the volcano's magma is moving

[@OleOlson]

That's far too good for the USA. I was in Europe in 1998, and the US still hasn't caught up with their weather graphics from that time.

[@hettbeans]

I was just wondering about who does the narration for these videos when I saw in the description: A synthesized voice was utilized in the narration for this story. That's pretty wild. The TTS platform in use here is great, especially with the short intakes of breath between lines and so on.

[@bradmcclellandQWERTY]

Thank you computer voice for telling us about the snowfall on top of the volcano and the volcanic activity on the top of the volcano in Hawaii in the middle of the Pacific ocean.

[@sharon94503]

It isn't a computer voice.

[@bradmcclellandQWERTY]

@@sharon94503 It's in the description of the video.

[@marvinacklin792]

These little shows are superb, including the speakers voice and enunciation

[@siyuyangzhang6995]

Does Mauna Loa likely to erupt again in the near future and is it safe to climb up or get into the volcano region?

[@ebodyfusion]

Going to summit tomorrow

[@Denebreus]

I'm guessing, and it's only a guess, but the recent lull would correlate to Kilauea's recent activity?

[@Galacticat42]

Either that, or something got stuck and pressure is starting to build.

[@whiteknightcat]

This was exciting to listen to.

[@SeanLamb-I-Am]

The maps with arrows during the scientist's talk were interesting, but there is no explanation of what the arrows mean. Do they indicate how much and in which direction that instruments are moving?

[@Indpendent01]

i don't think it is instruments but rather the land moving/swelling... change in gps from local instruments, satellite radar, and/or other measurements

[@grahamtudman35]

The cartoon drawing at the end describes the Media about everything.

[@lairdcummings9092]

Truth.

[@kathypaaaina3953]

Aloha this is serious this is not a cartoon join live for Emergency Management Association Ron Tyler his show is at 6 pm Rockie Mountain time Hugs prayers for your family from Oahu we could possibly have a huge Eruption This photos & graft are excellent.

[@nancylynnecampbell9848]

Nailed it

[@kris6051]

Don’t be a simpleton 🙄

[@wasabiginger6993]

yes and I had some folks that live over Pahoa side tell me (cause I live Kona side) that Mauna Loa & Hualalai were next!!! ... the fact is that no one knows anything ... and an honest Volcanologist will say they don’t know anything either

[@DanishGSM]

Thanks so much for the update.

[@61wayne]

I just bought an old Hawaiian made flower print shirt yesterday , show is about to start , time to eat pig !

[@allan-acosta]

This voice is synthesized???

[@okeydokey3120]

The first voice is

[@buzz3866]

Is there a correlation between Cosmic ray, (inverse to solar winds) and the types of quake intensity observed over the last year?

[@bradleychilds4387]

I remember the 1984 eruption

[@lkimberly2064]

Wasn't there, or old enough to remember, when it happened. But I've read books on it; it was no small show or concern.

[@SPARTAN085B]

I don't, I wasn't born yet.

[@izaiahestacio4795]

I live in South Kona, Hawaii and this is pretty scary

[@uk4833]

I wouldn't be surprised.

[@nathaneverson3129]

Never good when they are under ice because if water gets deep and heats fast it can cause steam based eruption. Like what happened with St Helens it's still happening there. Interesting to see it acting up : ) hopefully she stays calm

[@edwardmaher4880]

Nature never sleeps .

[@enckidoofalling4519]

Couple years??

[@Joebus100]

I was a lot happier NOT knowing this is a computer voice. Kinda sounded like a cool dude. :\

[@gtizzle101]

How big can eruptions from this volcano get?

[@phoomaa407]

On Google Maps, the dark streaks running down the slopes are lava flows from previous eruptions. Google Maps also lets you measure distances (right click > Measure distance) so you can get a sense of scale for each lava flow.

[@enckidoofalling4519]

10 times what Kilauea side two years ago

[@lkimberly2064]

Look up eruption maps of Mauna Loa- where it flowed and what areas were covered. Most of the island in the south was first Mauna Loa flows.

[@thebonesaw..4634]

Well, think of it like this: All of Mt Rainier was built from the lava from Mt Rainier. All of Mauna Loa was built by lava from Mauna Loa. Mt Rainier's volume is 2.6 cubic miles. Mauna Loa, on the other hand... is 9,700 cubic miles. *It would take 3,730 Mt Rainiers to build just 1 Mauna Loa...* and that's a whole lotta lava.

[@anwaarsamai]

@@thebonesaw..4634 Depending on how he wanted the question answered, Mt. Rainier has andesitic lava which is significantly more explosive than the basaltic lava at Mauna Loa. If Mauna Loa produced Andesitic or worse, Rhyolitic lava, then we'd be talking a worldwide catastrophe.

[@travelinglovebugs7]

I should be there next month!

[@susanlee9532]

Those patterns by day and by week have the same pattern maybe not by measurement but look at the pattern again.

[@kanakahawaii6860]

Bueller?

[@suhrim6666]

Sweeeet!

[@jordankahele9772]

That was not supposed to be a trick question but somebody moved and I swear I saw it too?

[@marktwain5803]

I zaw nuthn

[@jordankahele9772]

@@marktwain5803 eh you no what that means you have no eyes

[@allenra530]

I love the cartoon at the end. It captures the stupidity of most of the media perfectly. They do not seem to be able to tell the truth about anything, under any circumstances.

[@chloeedmund4350]

Cool.

[@benbuckley3239]

Snow , when does it snow there ? That is more new's to me than erruption's accour on the volcanic island that's a no brainer 😅

[@captainsalty9022]

It snows on both Maura Loa and Maura Kea in the northern hemisphere winter. I have been on Maura Loa in a blizzard; 10 feet of visibility with horizontal blowing snow fall. Surfed the same day 3 hours later.

[@jonesnori]

These are tall mountains. Those get snow even in the tropics.

[@jennyandbuddy]

Would have been nice if you added a link to the original usgs video

[@tiredofthebullcrap9382]

Just go to thier channel.newest videos they just done are on there.its a 3 part series.

[@kris6051]

Life can’t be handed to you in cliff notes, go look for it.

[@morkusmorkus6040]

Its not even about laziness. Its about crediting AND linking to the originators of the content. Its pretty basic etiquette.

[@jonesnori]

@@morkusmorkus6040 They did give credit in the video description.

[@morkusmorkus6040]

@@jonesnori Link

[@mikep8080]

Run the interview at 1.5 and he sounds normal speed when he talks

[@julieherring2522]

It definitely sounds heaps better lol

[@Sarafimm2]

Remember in the USA the drinking age is 21. So 2021 should be much more interesting than 2020!!

[@patriciastewart2537]

Fire and Ice Hawaii Nei

[@chrismartin1448]

I tend to oversimplify but doesn't the lava want to come up somewhere and it's pouring out of Kilauea? Aren't the earthquakes generally a result of lava pushing up, which has been reduced since December due to the lava heading south east? Has their ever been a modern scenario were Mauna Loa or Kea or any of the 7 simultaneously flowed? I would expect the real danger is the 5 1/2 billion lava pool that is growing quickly and will overflow or collapse into the east or west rift zones. Like I said, I oversimplify and I'm no expert, just a common sense based hypothesis.

[@melodieheisler368]

Looks like the Lunar surface.

[@OpalinePauline]

Prince Zuko?

[@barbarabarker8256]

It was 37 years ago

[@woodyahh2110]

Buckle up butter cup

[@Psychol-Snooper]

Mauna Loa, and Kilauea both erupting at the same time. :(

[@Psychol-Snooper]

@@goofyrulez7914 it's all fun and games until someone gets hurt!

[@stonew1927]

@@Psychol-Snooper So?

[@Psychol-Snooper]

@@stonew1927 So.

[@thebonesaw..4634]

@@goofyrulez7914 -- No active volcano is "safe". Mauna Loa has killed before and it's likely to kill again. 77 people died in the 1846 eruption, 46 from a volcanogenic tsunami and 31 from volcanic mudflows. Although the lava itself could - at best - take a minimum of 3 hours to reach the coast, mudflows could get there in as little as 15 to 30 minutes, and tsunamis can occur in the same amount of time (if not a little faster). So an eruption without warning, in the middle of the night...

[@Psychol-Snooper]

@@goofyrulez7914 I'm guessing you don't live on Hawaii. Given that Kilauea has had violent explosive eruptions in the relatively recent past (1.3k years,) there is always a potential disaster.

[@OleOlson]

Anyone else hoping Mauna Loa joins the fun?

[@Lord_Lykan]

Not to wish harm or loss to anyone who lives there, but yeah.

[@johnsouth3912]

No!

[@thrummer1953]

Not really.

[@bestamerica]

' best way to clean up the land... first coool down melt lava on the ground... no heat = not hot lava... use many big bulldozers vehicles to cleans push all cold lava to the cliff shore drop to the beach water... must work allday = allnight in 6 days a week... better do it that now

[@kihunipunk]

I honestly didn't know it snowed in Hawaii.

[@jonesnori]

It's a lot cooler at high altitude, no matter where you are.

[@stephengasson8440]

So is this to do with Greta Dumbergs climate change or the scientific Geological 'Milankovitch Cycle'.

[@whiteknightcat]

Error 404: "Greta Dumbergs" term not found Error 404: "Milanovitch Cycle" term not found Fatal Error: "Stephen Gasson" troll detected

[@stephengasson8440]

@@whiteknightcat haha 😄 I like 👍oops milankovitch cycle.

[@szymonkania2457]

The Kilauea is still Erupting but The is a lots of Small and some Time big Earthquake Activitly in Mouna Loa And The Mouna Loa is Going to Erupt this or Next Years

[@redfirekla]

It sux cause it's filled with so much lava as much as some of those other islands combined, we're talking about Mississippi rivers of fast moving lava. Hope they can get everyone out into safety cause that sucker is the world's biggest monster.

[@zuestoots5176]

@@redfirekla biggest monster...haha Yellow Stone just entered the chat

[@redfirekla]

@@zuestoots5176 true but that one is an extinction level type of monster.

[@JR-yq9qi]

@@redfirekla-It’s not lava until it erupts, it’s magma...and it’s not a balloon brah, it’s not ‘filled’. Both our active volcano’s have separate subsurface magma chambers, but it’s theorized Kilauea taps into Mauna Loa’s and keeps the pressure stable. There has never been, nor will there be ‘Missippippi rivers’ of lava flowing when it does erupt, at worst it’ll be a lava river similar in width to the one from fissure 8, or less, but moving faster due to the slope.

[@redfirekla]

@@JR-yq9qi I watched a documentary and from 14k foot elevation they said the magma chambers are full, and once the lava gets out it will be the fast flowing type posing lots of risks. They showed the top caldera and even a year ago when it rained it would turn it into steam it means it's almost full.

[@Eddy12700]

Hope it erupts soon this year would be fascinating to watch from a distance

[@vipahman]

The residents in the path would disagree.

[@Eddy12700]

@@vipahman obviously I would like for it to be contained in the summit like kilauea

[@dogcrick]

@@vipahman As one of the residents that owns property on the side of Mauna Loa I can tell you it is irritating to see entitled, selfish people begging for an eruption on an inhabited island for their own personal amusement. Truly disgusting.

[@chronovore7234]

@@dogcrick it’s been erupting for millions of years and will continue to erupt for millions more. There is no point to hoping it won’t erupt. The people, like you, who live in the danger zone do so at their own risk. You and everyone else get plenty of notice to evacuate prior to an eruption. The knowledge we get during an eruption is invaluable. Every eruption teaches us new things that we never knew about our planet and how volcanoes work. So yes people are excited about eruptions and more power to them. I for one think it’s stupid to live somewhere that the ground could randomly open up and swallow your home in lava. That’s your choice, don’t berate others for getting excited about new chances to study the natural world.

[@shay_box]

@@dogcrick You purchased property in an eruption-prone area. You can not be so brainless to imagine this would never happen?

[@garyharvey2116]

Went to sleep listening to that monologue no point being informative if your delivery is abysmal.

[@Drnardinov]

If you think about his delivery as a steam of data it doesn't rub you the wrong way. He (if "he" is a human and not an AI hybrid neuralink product) just streams it out. Get in to the flow amigos...

[@barbarabarker8256]

Hey I'm 37 I was born 1984 so I'm not 35 so get the dates and times right bro

[@thrummer1953]

Ah yes, so soon is the bloom off the flower...

[@Metroyeti17]

You tell em Barbara

[@cynthiagonzales9131]

At first looks like the moon and craters.

[@julieherring2522]

Everyone dub in and buy a few boats as soon as you see the ash spew get out of there

[@marktwain5803]

Guineas and what kind of payments to kim?

[@jacobellinger8027]

whoever the guy is that you had explaining could use some speaking classes. he's so boring. how can you make a subject like volcanoes boring?

[@tristanandersen4105]

It’s actually a computer-generated voice

[@frankboff1260]

Computer voice sounds like some real human voices. Boring as hell.

[@reinaldotorres3429]

@@tristanandersen4105 No, is not, it is an actual imbecile talking.

[@jonesnori]

@@reinaldotorres3429 The text under the video says it is a synthesized voice.

[@marktwain5803]

Lava 1 lava 2 Lava me lava you

[@blitzkrieg6699]

You should do your math again homie. I'm 34 and was born in 86.....

[@trentszeponski3456]

The word is not only imminent but more so, inevitably the volcano will burst.

[@TeamHawaiiPromotions]

🤙🤙🤙🙏🙏🙏

[@Cola64]

Should be interesting

[@marktwain5803]

Bu bye ocean view estates it will be this year

[@OleOlson]

That should never have been allowed to be built. You don't build permanent infrastructure on a freaking volcano. Whoever gave that project a green light was super short sighted, maybe negligent.

[@RoxnDox]

@@OleOlson Well, in that case, the Big Island would have no inhabitants. Humans have been living on the slopes of active volcanoes for thousands of years. When their stuff gets destroyed, they pick up the pieces and rebuild. Fact of life, kiddo.

[@ebodyfusion]

40 quakes last 24 hours

[@ernawati.er.radar.orari.5235]

Không biết các bạn. Big

[@kanakahawaii6860]

0:47 35 years ago was NOT 1984 it was 1986.......unless I'm in a time machine

[@tremoxo]

If last eruption was in 1984, it was 36 years ago, not 35.

[@Eddy12700]

When the seismicity goes very low that’s when they should be worried lmfao instead they say it down low nothing to worry about yea cause it’s gonna come back stronger

[@RoxnDox]

Those quakes are signs that magma is moving. No quakes means no movement means low risk. It may come back, it may remain quiescent for quite a while and then start elsewhere. No reason to think it would come back stronger.

[@lkimberly2064]

But on Hawaii no flow means build up, and that would mean a larger disruption than mere quakes however large.

[@RoxnDox]

@@lkimberly2064 That's one possibility, certainly. Not always, though. Sometimes the EQ rate will rise or fall with no discernible effects up at the surface. Madam Pele just shifting in her sleep, but not waking up.

[@chrisjones1641]

@dutchsinse

[@PhantomPhysics1]

First

[@kwkTube]

Narrator voice for Big island news has got to change. Get the civil defense guy or anybody that sounds at least halfway Hawaiian. Mahalo

[@kathypaaaina3953]

Aloha look in the discription it's a generated Voice it is making me sleepy but it is time to go to sleep unless your heart hugs from Oahu and prayers for your family