The unassuming tip of the massive P奴h膩honu volcano NOAA
An extinct Hawaiian volcano called P奴h膩honu is the largest in the world, with a volume twice that of the next leading contender. What鈥檚 more, the lava that once erupted from P奴h膩honu is the hottest recorded in the past 66 million years.
鈥淧奴h膩honu is the most massive volcano on Earth,鈥 says Michael Garcia at the University of Hawai’i at M膩noa in Honolulu.
At the surface, P奴h膩honu doesn’t look like much: just a pair of barren, rocky outcrops hundreds of kilometres north-west of…
