🌋Powerful Explosion (Dec. 08): Largest Volcano Mauna Loa Threatens Thousands of Hawaiian Islanders

Satellites keep watching as the Mauna Loa volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island continues spewing geysers of boiling lava and plumes of toxic volcanic ash over a week after it woke up from a nearly 40-year sleep. The volcano, whose peak stands 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) above the choppy waters of the Pacific Ocean, rises from depths of over 3 miles (5 km) under the sea surface, making it the highest volcano in the world. #maunaloa #hawaii #volcano