Big Island Surf ReportThe Picture of the Day from Space Fellowship shows vog in its latest satellite photo.
Volcanic fog—vog—swirls around the Hawaiian Islands in this satellite image. Vog is formed when sulfur dioxide gas emitted from a volcano reacts with oxygen and water vapor.
The reactions form tiny drops of sulfuric acid and other sulfates, which create a visible [...]
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By Associated Press
HILO, Hawaii (AP) — A federal Homeland Security grant will help pay for a mobile medical van on the southern part of the Big Island where Kilauea’s volcanic smog is most dense.
But the $350,000 van is the only new material help the area will get to cope with the vog created when Kilauea’s [...]
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Hindu.com has an interesting story on the effects of Kilaueas’ Vog on local plant life:
The Kilauea volcano in Hawaii has been spouting fumes since 1983 but what has made it particularly bad this past year is the fact it’s been releasing two to four times more sulphur dioxide than before. And this is creating havoc [...]
Volcanic Smog
PAHALA, Hawaii (AP) — Leafless monkey pod and browning Norfolk pine trees litter Ted Seaman’s 3.5 acre nursery in the small town of Pahala on the southern edge of Hawaii’s largest island.
His skill as a grower isn’t to blame. It’s the noxious fumes that have been pouring out of the Kilauea volcano in unprecedented [...]
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