点评:Kīlauea has had 41 eruptions over the past year or so. We watched the live volcano cams carefully and bided our time until Saturday, January 24 — the day that the scientists said that Kīlauea would next erupt.
Welcome Center guides inside VNP helped us get oriented and we were on our way on the walking path right across the road. At 10 am the North vent of Kīlauea was bubbling and oozing with just a bit of lava. The South vent started as well. By around 11, 11:15 am it was fountaining. Actually, double fountains. It grew and grew. And, it actually roared. We could hear it.
Amazing Episode 41 in all of its glory!! Lava higher and higher up in the air. The crowds arrived. Pele hair and tephra rained on us. We marveled at the site and were mesmerized. We spent about 4.5 hours at VNP and then felt it was time to leave. The air was thick with tephra and the crowds were dense inside the Park. Cars were parked everywhere.
We found out later that Rte 11 was closed in both directions due to tephra and traffic was terrible. Anyone who left VNP after us sat in traffic. Same for anyone who tried to get into the Park. Again, we were lucky.
We will never forget our adventure of Episode 41! So grateful to have seen this in our lifetime. 🌋
翻译:在过去一年左右的时间里,基拉韦厄火山已经喷发了41次。我们仔细观看火山直播摄像头,耐心等待着1月24日星期六——科学家们预测基拉韦厄火山下一次喷发的日子。
火山国家公园游客中心的导游帮助我们熟悉了环境,我们便沿着马路对面的步道出发了。上午10点,基拉韦厄火山北喷气孔开始冒泡,并渗出少量熔岩。南喷气孔也开始喷发。大约11点到11点15分,熔岩开始喷涌而出。确切地说,是双喷涌。喷发量越来越大,而且发出震耳欲聋的轰鸣声。我们都能听到。
令人惊叹的第41次喷发!熔岩越喷越高,人群也随之而来。火山灰和火山碎屑如雨般落在我们身上。我们惊叹于眼前的景象,完全被震撼了。我们在火山国家公园待了大约4.5小时,然后觉得该离开了。空气中弥漫着火山灰,公园里人山人海,到处都是停放的车辆。
后来我们才知道,由于火山灰,11号公路双向封闭,交通状况极其糟糕。所有在我们之后离开火山国家公园的人都被堵在了路上,试图进入公园的人也一样。我们再次感到幸运。
我们永远不会忘记第41集的冒险经历!非常感激此生能够亲眼目睹这一切。🌋