It has been about a year since lava finally stopped flowing from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano—but now something else is flowing deep inside its summit crater
US Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory noticed water pooling
Kauahikaua said there are two likely explanations for the rising lake: it could simply be an accumulation of rainwater, or it might be the water table"rebounding" following all the"The evidence is sort of leading toward groundwater rebounding," he explained."But we don't yet have accurate measures of the depth and how fast it's rising."
While it looks more like a puddle than a lake at the moment, Kauahikaua said that based on HVO groundwater level data from nearby, he would expect the water to continue to rise as much as another 150 feet, which would make a pretty significant puddle.
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