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Will McGough, CNN ⢠Updated 5th February 2021
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(CNN) â Five days before Christmas, Cheryl Gansecki, a volcanologist at the University of HawaiÊ»i Hilo, was in bed when a small earthquake shook her awake sometime after 9:30 p.m.
She checked the webcams at the summit of the KÄ«lauea Volcano, and her eyes went wide when she saw it the bright, bold glow coming from the crater.
The lava. It had returned.
She promptly made the 45-minute drive to the crater rim, adjacent to the Visitors Center at Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park. By the time she arrived at 10:45 p.m., word had spread far and wide.
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Five days before Christmas, Cheryl Gansecki, a volcanologist at the University of Hawaiʻi Hilo, was in bed when a small earthquake shook her awake sometime after 9:30 p.m.
She checked the webcams at the summit of the Kīlauea Volcano, and her eyes went wide when she saw it the bright, bold glow coming from the crater.
The lava. It had returned.
She promptly made the 45-minute drive to the crater rim, adjacent to the Visitors Center at Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park. By the time she arrived at 10:45 p.m., word had spread far and wide.