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January 23 - Mauna Loa begins 300-day eruption Big Island Volcano, Shield Volcano, Mauna Loa, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii Volcano, Volcano National Park, Lava Flow, Active Volcano, Big Island Hawaii

Posted on January 23, 2017 I think of volcanoes erupting over a matter of minutes or hours – not for the better part of a year! But that's because I think of volcanic eruptions as violent explosive outbursts of lava and gas and steam. Mauna Loa, in Hawaii, is the largest volcano on the planet partly because its lava tends to be silica poor, and therefore the lava eruptions tend to be very fluid, non-explosive, gentler and slower-moving than many other volcano's eruptions, although often…

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