#volcanic glass

Volcano Watch: Recent lava fountains highlight Pele’s hair hazards

Pele’s hair is the name for the strands of volcanic glass that are created when globs of liquid lava are stretched apart during an eruption.

Volcano Watch: Pele’s hair – a beautiful hazard on Hawaiʻi Island

Shiny and elusive, featherlight and golden-brown. If poets were to write about rocks, I’m sure they would sing their praises of Pele’s hair. Don’t be fooled, though, because Pele’s hairs are strands of volcanic glass, and they can pose a serious hazard.

Laze Hazard: Ocean Entry Plume at Kapoho Laden with Hydrochloric Acid

The Hawaiʻi County Civil Defense Agency is asking the public in the volcano eruption zone to be aware of the laze hazard at the lava ocean entry point at Kapoho Bay.