May 9 - Fire and Ice

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Hawaii's erupting Kilauea volcano Kilauea is one of the world's most active volcanoes. Here are images and video from its ongoing eruption in Hawaii. Snowball Earth due to plate tectonics? New research suggests that as great land plates began to shift and move on Earth's surface, our world became what geologists call a Snowball Earth. Earth and Jupiter are closest May 10 We went between Jupiter and the sun last night according to clocks in North America. But the giant planet will be closest to us tomorrow. Why? How to see Jupiter's moons With Jupiter now at its closest to Earth, turn binoculars or a telescope on the giant planet for a glimpse of its 4 largest moons.

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Hawaii's erupting Kilauea volcano Peer into Kīlauea's summit lava lake, now about 700 feet (200 meters) below the crater rim. Image via @USGSVolcanoes on Twitter.

View from space: Kilauea volcano NASA's Terra satellite acquired this image on May 6. Massive sulfur dioxide plumes from Kilauea volcano are shown here in yellow and green. A smaller, but thicker, sulfur dioxide gas plume can be seen coming from Kilauea. The prevailing trade winds blow the plumes to the southwest, out over the ocean. Image via NASA. Submit your photo to EarthSky here! Did a friend forward EarthSkyNews to you? Click here to get your own subscription!

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