1 00:00:01,066 --> 00:00:05,633 (MUSIC) 2 00:00:05,633 --> 00:00:06,734 JOAN CARTAN-HANSEN, HOST: 3 00:00:06,734 --> 00:00:08,500 WHAT DOES A VOLCANO SOUND 4 00:00:08,500 --> 00:00:10,266 LIKE? 5 00:00:10,266 --> 00:00:11,734 HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF AN ERUPTION 6 00:00:11,734 --> 00:00:13,000 IN A HOUSING AREA NEAR THE 7 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:14,867 VOLCANO KILAUEA IN HAWAII. 8 00:00:14,867 --> 00:00:17,166 (ROARING ERUPTION) 9 00:00:17,166 --> 00:00:18,333 THE FOUNTAINS OF LAVA 10 00:00:18,333 --> 00:00:20,700 WERE AT LEAST 300 FEET HIGH. 11 00:00:20,700 --> 00:00:23,166 IN THIS EXAMPLE A FISSURE OPENED 12 00:00:23,166 --> 00:00:24,633 UP ON SOMEONE'S DRIVEWAY NEAR 13 00:00:24,633 --> 00:00:27,100 KILAUEA. 14 00:00:27,100 --> 00:00:29,066 SOUND IS A VERY IMPORTANT CLUE 15 00:00:29,066 --> 00:00:31,433 TO WHAT A VOLCANO IS DOING. 16 00:00:31,433 --> 00:00:33,066 LAVA AND GAS MOVE AROUND UNDER 17 00:00:33,066 --> 00:00:34,633 THE GROUND AND MAKE NOISE. 18 00:00:34,633 --> 00:00:36,066 THOSE SOUNDS ARE MUCH TOO LOW 19 00:00:36,066 --> 00:00:37,533 FOR HUMANS TO HEAR, BUT 20 00:00:37,533 --> 00:00:38,800 SCIENTISTS USE SPECIAL 21 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:40,433 INSTRUMENTS TO RECORD THOSE 22 00:00:40,433 --> 00:00:41,967 SOUNDS AND EARTHQUAKES. 23 00:00:41,967 --> 00:00:43,533 AND BY STUDYING THOSE RECORDINGS 24 00:00:43,533 --> 00:00:44,800 SCIENTISTS CAN GET AN IDEA OF 25 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:46,533 WHAT MAY BE GOING ON DEEP INSIDE 26 00:00:46,533 --> 00:00:47,800 THE VOLCANO. 27 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:49,233 AND THAT MAY HELP THEM FORECAST 28 00:00:49,233 --> 00:00:51,533 FUTURE ERUPTIONS AND SAVE LIVES. 29 00:00:51,533 --> 00:00:53,500 (ROARING ERUPTION) 30 00:00:53,500 --> 00:00:54,500 FOR MORE INFORMATION 31 00:00:54,500 --> 00:00:55,734 ABOUT VOLCANOES CHECK OUT 32 00:00:55,734 --> 00:00:57,000 THE SCIENCE TREK WEBSITE. 33 00:00:57,000 --> 00:00:58,066 YOU'LL FIND IT AT 34 00:00:58,066 --> 00:01:00,800 IDAHOPTV.ORG/SCIENCE TREK 35 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:04,633 (MUSIC)