{"id":44826,"date":"2016-08-01T16:54:53","date_gmt":"2016-08-01T20:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=44826"},"modified":"2016-08-01T16:56:25","modified_gmt":"2016-08-01T20:56:25","slug":"mysterious-smiley-face-appears-in-hawaiian-volcano-during-eruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=44826","title":{"rendered":"Mysterious Smiley Face Appears in Hawaiian Volcano During Eruption"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->By BRIAN MCBRIDE<br \/>\nABC News<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/HT_Volcano_BM_20160801_12x5_1600.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-44827\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/HT_Volcano_BM_20160801_12x5_1600.jpg\" alt=\"HT_Volcano_BM_20160801_12x5_1600\" width=\"675\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/HT_Volcano_BM_20160801_12x5_1600.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/HT_Volcano_BM_20160801_12x5_1600-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/HT_Volcano_BM_20160801_12x5_1600-768x321.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/HT_Volcano_BM_20160801_12x5_1600-1024x428.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A Hawaiian volcano was ready for its close-up.<\/p>\n<p>A smiley face was spotted in the Kilauea volcano&#8217;s crater during an eruption.<\/p>\n<div class=\"t_markup youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e8PuMOsdwm0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Mick Kalber of helicopter tour company Paradise Helicopters captured the remarkable scene.<\/p>\n<div class=\"t_callout\"><a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/volcano-erupts-japan-triggering-dramatic-lightning-strikes-night\/story?id=36737839\" target=\"_blank\">Volcano Erupts in Japan, Triggering Dramatic Lightning Strikes Against Night Sky<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"t_callout\"><a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/chile-volcanic-eruption-sends-lava-shooting-sky\/story?id=29345770\" target=\"_blank\">Chile Volcano Eruption Sends Lava Shooting Into the Sky<\/a><\/div>\n<p>The Kilauea volcano has been continuously erupting since 1983, making it one of the most active volcanoes in the world, according to the United States Geological Survey.<\/p>\n<p>Lava from the Hawaiian volcano&#8217;s Pu&#8217;u O&#8217;o crater reached the ocean for the first time since 2013.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/mysterious-smiley-face-appears-hawaiian-volcano-eruption\/story?id=41039508\">http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/mysterious-smiley-face-appears-hawaiian-volcano-eruption\/story?id=41039508<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44826\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}