Idle question of the day...

[seawasp]

... how many of you have actually witnessed (as in, with your own eyes, not on TV screens, etc.) a volcanic eruption? I have, I'm just wondering how large a percentage of the population has.

(Mine was the 1970 eruption of Hekla on Iceland; we overflew the lava field and then circled the erupting cone for some time in a private aircraft)

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[laurahcory1.livejournal.com]

I went to Hawaii in 198somethingmumble with my parents, and the volcano on the Big Island was erupting. We didn't get too close to it but were close enough to see a small tree burst into flames as the lava flow reached it.