BTW you are OUR scientist, geologist, gardener extraordinaire, guide, mentor and friend!!! Hard to wrap my head around the fact that this was molten red hot lava just a few months ago! Thank you for sharing this unique view!
Seeing these "before/during/after" images really helps me to understand some of the places I have seen in the western US at old volcanic sites (and to think, some of these sites are just sleeping, not deceased!) Thank you!
Looking at the river with the banks so near, you get an almost 3D effect , to think that was lava rushing by only a short time ago. Thanks for the video. Don't forget to take a bucket with you into the garden to collect the nuts. Can't wait so see you open one up for us. Have a great day.
Good morning Scott. Surreal; that is the perfect description! The contrast of the gorgeous morning sky against the steamy lava field is awesome! Thanks for going there this morning.
Hi Scott, such desolation and bleakness and yet it still has a magnificent beauty in the formation of the solidified lava, interspersed with the low lying steam clouds weaving through the twisted shapes and cracks. I can't help comparing it to films I've watched of The WW1 Battle of Ypres in 1917, the emptiness of visible life is quite sobering and it makes me just want to gaze in fascination at the power of nature.
I marvel at the resilience of that lone tree with all steam billowing in the background. It just seems sort of surreal among all the lava the as that it remains standing.
I was always told that if you tell your dreams before breakfast they will come true. Old wives tale. Thanks for the videos. You do a wonderful job. Have a great day!
One of your best videos. Tour guides have an important role to play in life. Do not put yourself down with the word "just". No one can know everything. But is is good to be humble. You are the greatest tour guide I've ever " known". I've traveled a lot and had many, so I know what I'm talking about. Keep up your good work!
The lone tree standing strong against all odds offers hope that we too can face the heat of trials in our lives and make it through even if all others around us fall.
You hit the nail on the head there, Surreal is the only word to describe that steamy scene. The steam drifting around is almost peaceful to watch, what a contrast to a couple of weeks back.
That tree is a survivor !! It is strong and resilient !! It has weathered the event and is going to keep growing and going. You and that tree have a lot in common Scott.
That is one awesome yet sobering scene. Raw beauty combined with massive destruction. While we all love joining you on your tours, sometimes we need to return to the devastating event that brought us here in the first place. Love and prayers to all those affected by this, as well as their families and friends.
The tree stands tall and proud like it is saying "Leilani Strong!" I used to like the beauty of the lava when it was hot and flowing, but now it just looks like cold and death. Isn't it hard looking at it knowing some of your neighbors' homes are buried in it. This video brought tears to my eyes ...
Yes we can see the red thank you. Great to see it all again, snoozing but not asleep. Love the reslience of the lone tree. Yes the birds, thank you Scott.
Surprised to see so much steam still. Looks like another planet. Have a good day, Scott! Yep, I see the red. "That tree", you are fixed on that tree, yep. LOL!
As the fissures started opening, that tree gave us an idea of the height of the lava shooting up into the air, and has become sorry of like an old friend!
Hi, Scott. Could you give us pictures? footage? tours? of places affected by earlier flows from the last century or two? That would give us a sense of the time scale of what will happen going forward, of the pace of the environment and landscape reclaiming lava as part of the overall "system" (for lack of being able to think of a better word for it). I think you showed us once, at one of the beaches, some lava a few centuries old that had been almost completely reclaimed by normal woods vegetation. What I'm getting at is examples of the time frame of the normal ecosystem reclaim lava as useful soil.
Thank you for doing this Scott. I have really enjoyed it. I've been fascinated with volcanoes since I read about Pompeii as an elementary school kid. This is been a really remarkable experience.
KIRALYW Good morning BIRTHDAY GIRL! This is your day and am sending you Love, Peace and Joy ALL DAY!!! AND YOUR TOMORROWS! Learn, live and laugh!GOD BLESS YOU & YOURS.🙂😀😁😄😂💖❤❤
@@diannelavoie5385 Aloha Dianne! Today is KIRALYW 's birthday. I was giving her a shout out. Let's celebrate with her and eat a muffin. Ha!Ha!...Scott???🙂😄💖
Thank you so much for the live coverage you provided of this event. Nobody else---not any other person or company or government agency---was able to bring it as raw and real from the literal ground zero as you did and continue to do. We're in your debt.
It is so mind boggling to me how the dried lava seems so fragile, yet it created that channel an held back the high heat liquid lava. Unbelievable! Great video of the steam. So other worldly!
Some of it is indeed fragile, a bit like sugar honeycomb sweets sometimes. This can also make it dangerous as voids can from underneath which you won't know about until yo fall through! At the same time it's a fantastic thermal insulation for anything hot underneath.
Amazing to think this was once a neighborhood and is now a desolate landscape. It really took a turn when the lava switched directions from south to north. Hoping for better times for all.
Visited Hawaii Big I in 1993 and volcanoes park. So high interest in your videos. Broken heart for folks in vacation land. Yes can see colors. Caroline
Wow 😲😲,so much has transpired since the beginning of this,and you've taken us all along with you to see for ourselves how destructive Mother Earth can be,somehow I'm sure we were expecting to see some water in the river with all the rain you got,must be plenty porous as not a drop of water anywhere,birds seemed happy so must be a good sign of better days ahead,how'd that sheep hearding go?scott your the best tour guide in my book,stay safe
It is amazing how something so beautiful to look at, both when exuding lava and now, when the lava has stopped and exuding steam, has caused such devastating destruction and disruption to your lives there.
Amazing to think that just a very few weeks ago where you are standing was a wide river of flowing, molten rock. Now, it's a slowly cooling, solidified mass of stone, a surreal, other worldly landscape that forever changes the Island again...
It's massive, sure covered a lot of ground, unreal. Just awesome. Are you wrapped in towel ready for that steam bath. Tutu's spa...hey Scott the sun is out great day for ice cream and some sheep dip. How'd that herding go...
Hello Scott, it is incredible, that this lonely tree had survived. The colours are hard to see in the light of dawn, but I think in bright sunlight they are amazing. I saw it years ago on Lanzarote. Greetings from 🇩🇪
Thanks for another awesome peek into your surreal world. It’ll be interesting to see how long it takes for plants to return. Hope you’re taking lots of stills...the misty atmosphere and THAT TREE....gorgeous stuff.
Wow it's just so otherworldly, I think there's an experiment that needs to be tried out, Scott. Take a frying pan and see if you can cook some Spam on the warm crusty lava. I'm just pulling your leg. Have fun day.
I can't believe as hot as its been there and all the gases that that Albizia tree has green leaves at the top! Hope I spelled the name of the tree right! If not, hopefully you know what I'm talking about. Haha. Amazing and still beautiful...Get good stills now huh?
Yes it has been an amazing journey and the beginning of a u tube family. I’ve been here from the beginning Trying to find the best updates on the lava flow. Then I was surprisingly pulled into something I can’t miss. Everyday I have to get my fix of updates, dog stories, the trip through the hurricane was fun, Today it seems like I’m looking at parts of the moon.
Thanks for your videos. After watching quiet a lot of them, especially those from May, I can now imagine how it feels like when a fissure erupts in your backyard.
I still can’t get over how quiet it is there now. It is surreal. The birds sound lovely. And yes! This is the greatest YT channel EVER! 😃 I’m hoping that tree revives. Long shot I know. How did the sheep herding go?
Thanks for the steamy vids Scott!! (wink wink) absolutely mind blowing! Those shots are amazing, and it's funny how fast something so devastating starts and ends. Thanks for sharing with us! ♥Aloha♥
Not just a tour guide, tour guide plus extraordinary documentarian! How far is it from the edge of the lava field to the edge of the lava river? Seems like you must have done some tricky trekking. The tree is a symbol of strength and perseverance. It's saying, "stand tall and carry on!" :o)
Are you taking stills of this? Especially the tree. It will be good to have those images for posterity in the collection. You said, "surreal" just when I was thinking the same. Yes, I see all the red. I like red cinder. I don't really hear much wind. All that was once moving. I wonder how long it's going to steam, like that. In any event, it looks like it's going to be a beautiful day.
Morning Scott! Looks so surreal. To think this process has happened over and over again in time and the beautiful paradise that grows from it makes it even more amazing to believe. Thanks for sharing this. Appreciate your commentary about all the different features! Enjoy your day!
That is so eery looking, with its smoke and mist rising. I know from experience that stuff can be as crumbly as cornflakes, with deep hidden pockets, so take a care for your ankle safety. Seriously tho it is looking like Craters of the Moon National Park in Idaho. They have nice walking trails through it, so hopefully they will do the same there someday, only with more control in your neighborhood sides access. If not you will have a million and one tourists straggling through your neighborhood at all times of the day and night. I hear they are getting ready to name fissure 8. I think they should call it Mt. Doom.
BTW you are OUR scientist, geologist, gardener extraordinaire, guide, mentor and friend!!! Hard to wrap my head around the fact that this was molten red hot lava just a few months ago! Thank you for sharing this unique view!
you not "just" a tour guide you are the best tour guide. we have experienced so much thru your "tours and we are so thankful
Seeing these "before/during/after" images really helps me to understand some of the places I have seen in the western US at old volcanic sites (and to think, some of these sites are just sleeping, not deceased!) Thank you!
Looking at the river with the banks so near, you get an almost 3D effect , to think that was lava rushing by only a short time ago. Thanks for the video. Don't forget to take a bucket with you into the garden to collect the nuts. Can't wait so see you open one up for us. Have a great day.
Good morning Scott. Surreal; that is the perfect description! The contrast of the gorgeous morning sky against the steamy lava field is awesome! Thanks for going there this morning.
Consider us lucky to have you provide us with this video of the aftermath. Thank you Scott for your boldness
Hi Scott, such desolation and bleakness and yet it still has a magnificent beauty in the formation of the solidified lava, interspersed with the low lying steam clouds weaving through the twisted shapes and cracks. I can't help comparing it to films I've watched of The WW1 Battle of Ypres in 1917, the emptiness of visible life is quite sobering and it makes me just want to gaze in fascination at the power of nature.
Oh you are not just a tour guide, you are a great at keeping this family up to date on this. And yes it's Thursday already.
Seeing the evolution of this single chunk of land over the last few months has been mind blowing. Thank you so much for giving us a front row seat!
Thanks so much for the beautiful steaming lava fields! The light was perfect for the video. And the solitary tree is so pretty.
I marvel at the resilience of that lone tree with all steam billowing in the background. It just seems sort of surreal among all the lava the as that it remains standing.
Oops!Good morning Scott and family!!!We are blessed with a new day so enjoy!!Alpha!💖
Aloha Noe :) Yes...every single day....never forget to notice the new day.
@@sophiazeline4038 Aloha Sophia! We're finally getting DRY over here and going to enjoy the day! Let's Laugh!!!💖
Noe, I love your attitude and positive outlook on life. Mahalo for sharing them with us!
@@marleabd Aloha Marlea! I love thinking good,talking good and doing good! IHappy are we, who finds joy in it. Mahalo much,Marlea!💖
I was always told that if you tell your dreams before breakfast they will come true. Old wives tale. Thanks for the videos. You do a wonderful job. Have a great day!
One of your best videos. Tour guides have an important role to play in life. Do not put yourself down with the word "just". No one can know everything. But is is good to be humble. You are the greatest tour guide I've ever " known". I've traveled a lot and had many, so I know what I'm talking about. Keep up your good work!
The lone tree standing strong against all odds offers hope that we too can face the heat of trials in our lives and make it through even if all others around us fall.
Love hearing the rooster in the distance.
You hit the nail on the head there, Surreal is the only word to describe that steamy scene. The steam drifting around is almost peaceful to watch, what a contrast to a couple of weeks back.
This is just to show how strong that tree is that it can take on anything that comes at it no matter what.Have a blessed day Scott
That tree is a survivor !! It is strong and resilient !! It has weathered the event and is going to keep growing and going. You and that tree have a lot in common Scott.
That is one awesome yet sobering scene. Raw beauty combined with massive destruction. While we all love joining you on your tours, sometimes we need to return to the devastating event that brought us here in the first place. Love and prayers to all those affected by this, as well as their families and friends.
That tree stands as a sentinel of the future recovery.
Watching the steam flow over the lava can become a new thing for me, it is beautiful!
The tree stands tall and proud like it is saying "Leilani Strong!"
I used to like the beauty of the lava when it was hot and flowing, but now it just looks like cold and death. Isn't it hard looking at it knowing some of your neighbors' homes are buried in it. This video brought tears to my eyes ...
Have a blessed day Scott! Thanks for the unexpected digital tour this am!
Wow, Scott, amazing. What we have seen in the past few months is almost unbelievable.
Thanks for all this hard work. It’s been an awesome journey, hopefully concluding now for all you residents! Mahalo!
Yes we can see the red thank you. Great to see it all again, snoozing but not asleep. Love the reslience of the lone tree. Yes the birds, thank you Scott.
I enjoy all the lava updates
Even now with the hardened lava
That tree is so neat standing by itself
It looks like you’re on another planet, with all that black lava, the steam blowing across the horizon. It’s a little romantic lol
Surprised to see so much steam still. Looks like another planet. Have a good day, Scott!
Yep, I see the red. "That tree", you are fixed on that tree, yep. LOL!
Debbie S it is hard to explain how much rain we got, but it is still seeping down into things!
As the fissures started opening, that tree gave us an idea of the height of the lava shooting up into the air, and has become sorry of like an old friend!
A VERY GOOD tour guide!!!🌺
So eerie! Yet amazingly beautiful.... I never tire of seeing your videos!
yes, that tree is amazing, resilient and courageous.
Hi Scott and boys. You're not 'just' a tour guide Scott. Your job is very important. You teach ur visitors to appreciate the world they live in!
Love that tree
Hi, Scott. Could you give us pictures? footage? tours? of places affected by earlier flows from the last century or two? That would give us a sense of the time scale of what will happen going forward, of the pace of the environment and landscape reclaiming lava as part of the overall "system" (for lack of being able to think of a better word for it). I think you showed us once, at one of the beaches, some lava a few centuries old that had been almost completely reclaimed by normal woods vegetation. What I'm getting at is examples of the time frame of the normal ecosystem reclaim lava as useful soil.
Thank you for giving us a real look at the hardening lava. WOW!!!!
Thank you for doing this Scott. I have really enjoyed it. I've been fascinated with volcanoes since I read about Pompeii as an elementary school kid. This is been a really remarkable experience.
Marimilitarybrat , yes it has been. LOL, I to was hooked on Volcano from a young age. I am so grateful to Scott for providing us this experience.
Amazing to think a month ago we were watching it surge up and down. Fun to look at! Thank you Scott!
Wow! Good Morning family! Thanks Scott, this is an amazing way to awaken this am!
KIRALYW Good morning BIRTHDAY GIRL! This is your day and am sending you Love, Peace and Joy ALL DAY!!! AND YOUR TOMORROWS! Learn, live and laugh!GOD BLESS YOU & YOURS.🙂😀😁😄😂💖❤❤
Noe Quihano Hi Noe! Happy Birthday Kiralyw! Have an amazing day!
@@angelablevins4117 Aloha Angela! Birthday Girl brings me joy and so do you!!💖
Happy birthday to you! Blow out your candles and chow down on that cake and ice cream.
@@diannelavoie5385 Aloha Dianne! Today is KIRALYW 's birthday. I was giving her a shout out. Let's celebrate with her and eat a muffin. Ha!Ha!...Scott???🙂😄💖
Noe Quihano Aloha, Noe. We're in a heat wave. Too hot to light the oven. But I will join in with a nice, big scoop of ice cream & sprinkles.
Even though the devastation is clear, touring the area to see the geology after seeing the videos would be amazing.
Lovely shots of the misty steam
amazing how it looks now
It's so amazing that there is still steam after all the rainfall y'all had.
Thank you so much for the live coverage you provided of this event. Nobody else---not any other person or company or government agency---was able to bring it as raw and real from the literal ground zero as you did and continue to do. We're in your debt.
So beautiful to see the tree would love to give a hug ♥️🕊♥️
Yes, we can see the colors
It is so mind boggling to me how the dried lava seems so fragile, yet it created that channel an held back the high heat liquid lava. Unbelievable! Great video of the steam. So other worldly!
Some of it is indeed fragile, a bit like sugar honeycomb sweets sometimes. This can also make it dangerous as voids can from underneath which you won't know about until yo fall through! At the same time it's a fantastic thermal insulation for anything hot underneath.
Amazing what this looks like.
Not ready for walking on the lava river yet. Still pretty warm if it is that steamy. Interesting to watch. Thanks for sharing with us..
Amazing to think this was once a neighborhood and is now a desolate landscape. It really took a turn when the lava switched directions from south to north. Hoping for better times for all.
Amazing colors this morning. The steam lends a mysterious element to this site especially my favorite tree!! Enjoy your day.
Visited Hawaii Big I in 1993 and volcanoes park. So high interest in your videos. Broken heart for folks in vacation land. Yes can see colors.
Caroline
Wow! incredible Scott.
It looks So very desolate! But at the same time so very beautiful. Thank you Scott.
Wow, it’s beautiful in a whole new way. The tree is a survivor. BTW, I hear that naming deliberations for Big Daddy are underway.
Lol when you try to shield the microphone we hear your breathing. A bit of Darth Vader!
It's so quiet. Awesome. Thx for sharing
I am happy to see your excitement and interest in the lava beds again! Those trees can't be alive can they? Very picturesque!
Dead, hopefully. Terrible invasive species.
They really cannot get rid of those trees can they?
Wow 😲😲,so much has transpired since the beginning of this,and you've taken us all along with you to see for ourselves how destructive Mother Earth can be,somehow I'm sure we were expecting to see some water in the river with all the rain you got,must be plenty porous as not a drop of water anywhere,birds seemed happy so must be a good sign of better days ahead,how'd that sheep hearding go?scott your the best tour guide in my book,stay safe
What a sight to see!
It is amazing how something so beautiful to look at, both when exuding lava and now, when the lava has stopped and exuding steam, has caused such devastating destruction and disruption to your lives there.
Like what you have been doing. Have you considered doing a side by side video of before and after the eruption? Thanks again.
Stay tuned.
That tree. Reminds me of the times you were being cautious while lava watching not because of the spatter, but because of those trees. 🙂
Blair witch!!!! maybe a fire breathing dragon. Awsome video Scott keep up the good work.
The tree with the purple haze is GORGEOUS! It is just stunning Scott...Mahalo.
Amazing to think that just a very few weeks ago where you are standing was a wide river of flowing, molten rock. Now, it's a slowly cooling, solidified mass of stone, a surreal, other worldly landscape that forever changes the Island again...
Well said
Thank you Scott, that was amazing. You are an invaluable source. Stay safe, aloha.
It's massive, sure covered a lot of ground, unreal. Just awesome. Are you wrapped in towel ready for that steam bath. Tutu's spa...hey Scott the sun is out great day for ice cream and some sheep dip. How'd that herding go...
More herding coming today.
Didn't think it would still be steaming....that's impressive.
Hello Scott, it is incredible, that this lonely tree had survived. The colours are hard to see in the light of dawn, but I think in bright sunlight they are amazing. I saw it years ago on Lanzarote. Greetings from 🇩🇪
Still awesome Scott. Thank you for all the videos of eruptions and beauty at seasides. Caroline in Tenn.
I think I've seen all your videos love them all!
Thanks for another awesome peek into your surreal world. It’ll be interesting to see how long it takes for plants to return. Hope you’re taking lots of stills...the misty atmosphere and THAT TREE....gorgeous stuff.
Great video Scott. I have been watching some of early videos. A fantastic collection for future generations to watch
Totally amazing Scott thank you again.
Wow it's just so otherworldly, I think there's an experiment that needs to be tried out, Scott. Take a frying pan and see if you can cook some Spam on the warm crusty lava. I'm just pulling your leg. Have fun day.
Amazing video thanks for sharing !!! Is incredible how Mother Nature can surprise us with such espectacular views !!!
I can't believe as hot as its been there and all the gases that that Albizia tree has green leaves at the top! Hope I spelled the name of the tree right! If not, hopefully you know what I'm talking about. Haha. Amazing and still beautiful...Get good stills now huh?
Yes it has been an amazing journey and the beginning of a u tube family.
I’ve been here from the beginning
Trying to find the best updates on the lava flow. Then I was surprisingly pulled into something I can’t miss. Everyday I have to get my fix of updates, dog stories, the trip through the hurricane was fun,
Today it seems like I’m looking at parts of the moon.
Tree of life .... Beautiful
Thank you Scott! Always an interesting video!!
Thanks for your videos. After watching quiet a lot of them, especially those from May, I can now imagine how it feels like when a fissure erupts in your backyard.
Thank you for letting us see the second tree, the heat waves, the colors are always nice. The sounds of Hawaii, Aloha
Thanks Scott!! It looks like another planet....
I still can’t get over how quiet it is there now. It is surreal. The birds sound lovely. And yes! This is the greatest YT channel EVER! 😃 I’m hoping that tree revives. Long shot I know. How did the sheep herding go?
We don't want any albizia to survive. Terribly invasive.
Thanks for the steamy vids Scott!! (wink wink) absolutely mind blowing! Those shots are amazing, and it's funny how fast something so devastating starts and ends. Thanks for sharing with us! ♥Aloha♥
Wow, you spent the entire summer reporting on the eruption. I have been following since it began and feel a virtual sense of having been there.
Not just a tour guide, tour guide plus extraordinary documentarian! How far is it from the edge of the lava field to the edge of the lava river? Seems like you must have done some tricky trekking. The tree is a symbol of strength and perseverance. It's saying, "stand tall and carry on!" :o)
I agree totally
Yes it certainly has been an incredible and mind-blowing journey..and thank you so much for all your awesome efforts in keeping everyone informed ♡
poor tree looks lonely. hi scott, thanks for the update
always grateful for your vids
...Mahalo Scott, C'est incroyable! Lots of mixte emotions.
As always, thanks for sharing your time, views, and thoughts. All the best to you from Minnesota.
Are you taking stills of this? Especially the tree. It will be good to have those images for posterity in the collection. You said, "surreal" just when I was thinking the same. Yes, I see all the red. I like red cinder. I don't really hear much wind. All that was once moving. I wonder how long it's going to steam, like that. In any event, it looks like it's going to be a beautiful day.
I got 2 stills that turned out.
Spectacular footage!
Hey Scott, what’s being done for the people who have lost their homes.?
Morning Scott! Looks so surreal. To think this process has happened over and over again in time and the beautiful paradise that grows from it makes it even more amazing to believe. Thanks for sharing this. Appreciate your commentary about all the different features! Enjoy your day!
Good afternoon Scott!
Thank you 👍💜 Have a good day.🌞
That is so eery looking, with its smoke and mist rising. I know from experience that stuff can be as crumbly as cornflakes, with deep hidden pockets, so take a care for your ankle safety. Seriously tho it is looking like Craters of the Moon National Park in Idaho. They have nice walking trails through it, so hopefully they will do the same there someday, only with more control in your neighborhood sides access. If not you will have a million and one tourists straggling through your neighborhood at all times of the day and night.
I hear they are getting ready to name fissure 8. I think they should call it Mt. Doom.