public approaches this lava fountain or any of the lava flows. they may not be aware of the multitude of hazards. you have gas inhalation, volcanic glass, superheat, obviously, and it s uneven terrain. everything is changing and you don t know if a crack could open up beneath our feet if you re walking on freshly cooled lava. i advise everybody to stay where hawaii county has designated as viewing areas. and yesterday when we spoke you told me this was the first volcano you ve studied. what are you hoping to learn from it now? well, it is the first that i ever experienced myself. and we really can learn a lot about how eruptions proceed. getting to watch the start of an eruption when a volcano has been quiet for some time, we want to know now is the lava that s being erupted, was it leftover,