Photo by JB Judd/USGS A photograph captured by US Geological Survey (USGS) photographer JB Judd in 1969 is 'going viral' online this week. The photo shows a massive, symmetrical lava dome fountain that was captured during a 5-year-long eruption of the Kilauea volcano's Mauna Ulu cone between 1969 and 1974. The so-called lava "bubble" measured approximately 65ft / 20m in height, and it owes its Internet fame to this "Throwback Thursday" tweet by the USGS: Dome fountain of episode 10, October 10-1...
Photo by JB Judd/USGS A photograph captured by US Geological Survey (USGS) photographer JB Judd in 1969 is 'going viral' online this week. The photo shows a massive, symmetrical lava dome fountain that was captured during a 5-year-long eruption of the Kilauea volcano's Mauna Ulu cone between 1969 and 1974. The so-called lava "bubble" measured approximately 65ft / 20m in height, and it owes its Internet fame to this "Throwback Thursday" tweet by the USGS: Dome fountain of episode 10, October 10-1...
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