Come learn about Kilauea, earth's most active volcano

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Co-sponsored by OLLI@UGA & Reflecting, Sharing, Learning, this program is free and open to the public and will be held from 1:30-3:30 p.m. on June 7 at the Athens Clarke County Library.

Kilauea has been continuously active since 1983, erupting lava sourced from a permanently sited, deep-mantle magma hot spot. The recent 2018 volcanic activity has been spewing clouds of ash and smoke over the Puna area. This program will describe the origin of the Hawaiian-Emperor seamount chain and take a look at the history of volcanic activity in the Hawaiian archipelago. Eruptive styles and lava flow characters will be illustrated with video and a representative suite of Kilauea volcanic rocks will be on display for examination.