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On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

Learning from Mauna Loa: How the volcanic eruption will shape Hawaiian history

On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

WBUR

On Point, News, Npr, Daily, Talk Show

4.33.9K Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Hawaii’s Mauna Loa volcano is erupting for the first time in nearly four decades. A new generation of researchers equipped with new technology are observing the primal forces that continue to shape the planet.

Transcript

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1:07.8

This is on point. I'm Magna Chacrabardi. Hawaiian's have been waiting almost 40 years for the

1:13.5

monolo of volcano to erupt again. And it is now. The mountainous fountain of molten lava

1:20.7

first emerged from the sea about 400,000 years ago and has been shaping the islands and

1:27.3

Hawaiians themselves ever since. The volcano was one of the reasons why I found a deeper

1:34.9

purpose in photography. I was a volunteer at USGS for two years here at Hawaiian Volcano

1:39.6

Observatory and had it not been for that. I don't know if I would be so focused and

1:45.4

like passionate about nature. Almost every day since monoloa began erupting last month,

1:51.2

Andrew Richard Harrah has gone out and up in the air to photograph monolo as magnificent

1:56.9

and dangerous beauty. I went on the ground the first night and that was really cool just

2:02.4

to see the glow from the mountain and all of that. And I have some relationships that have

2:06.9

been built with paradise helicopters. And so we've been doing eruption over flights

2:12.3

early in the morning in a helicopter and being able to look from below and observe what's

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