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Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii

NYTMAG Sonic Voyages
NYTMAG Sonic Voyages
Episode • Sep 21, 2018 • 3m

Kilauea is one of six active volcanoes in Hawaii. This spring and summer, it erupted, and ribbons of molten orange lava flowed down to the sea, destroying homes and burning through the forest. It’s a spectacular, cataclysmic sight, and the sounds that it makes are strange and surprising. Photographs by Philip Montgomery. Field recordings by Jeremiah Lofgreen.

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