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Morning wake-up call on hawaii's big island as the kilauea eruption shot a plume of ash some 30,000 feet into the sky. >> it was a short-lived explosion, but a powerful one. >> today's explosion prompted a shelter in place morning and residents were told to keep windows closed and preprepared for asphalt and a small rock fragments. >> it's a dynamic situation up there, we could have additional events like this morning that punch up and then dive back down really quickly. we could have more sustained ash. >> if this comes just one day after scientists found 2-foot long volcanic rocks not far fr...

Farther downstream. that's a sign to us when you take a look at this that we're seeing the expansion. we're seeing additional magma come to the surface, become lava at the surface. and you take a look at the broad perspective. we're talking 27 miles or 43 kilometers away from the main chamber, from the main center there of kilauea. in fact, when you go up to the top of kilauea, look down into the chamber, you'll see very quiet. just some gases coming to the surface. the lava that was there at the center, if you look at the thermal imagery from april 23rd to the beginning of may, you see the dr...

Down to the ground table it could create a steam-driven massive and violent eruption, just like this picture in 1924. ironically it was in the month of may. this weighs eight tons. it was tossed over a mile. some reports that many so of the boulders were about 14 tons, so, i mean, you're talking semi-tractor trailers. let's break it down. the main chamber, where we've had a lot of the activity, where they are watching the lava levels is a good 20, 25 miles away from some of the fissures that have been erupting. now, we've had a lot of earthquakes and tremors in the region. they continue. most ...