Kilauea photos

Mauna Ulu

• The frozen lava lake on the side of Mauna Ulu
• Standing in the frozen lava lake, looking up at the lava channel that fed it
• 10 years later, life returns to the summit of Mauna Ulu: An Ama`uma`u fern
• The lava from the eruption killed this tree

Kupaianaha lava entering the ocean

• The remains of the famous black sands beach
• The hilina pali (cliff) with frozen lavafalls draped over it
• daytime from a distance: lots of steam
• daytime: red lava dribbling over the edge
• twilight steam
• twilight: skylights, red lava, and steam

Lava entering the ocean, part 2: suicidally reckless geology students

• night: the warning sign at the end of the road
• night: one person being stupid
• night: collecting a lava sample by stabbing the lava with the end of a ski pole, and then lifting the glowing glob into the air
• night: a small steam explosion occurs
• night: seeing that the one person is still alive, a whole crowd has joined him

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