Hawaii, a tropical paradise in the heart of the Pacific, is renowned not only for its idyllic beaches, diverse marine life, and unique cultural heritage but also for its spectacular geological features: its volcanoes. The Big Island, the largest in the Hawaiian archipelago, is home to some of the world’s most active and studied [...]
View from the Kilauea crater rim at twilight at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park during the Volcano Tour + iPad.
This face of Pele, the goddess of fire, in a lava rock in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park was created by an artist. The rock is an example of an accretionary lava ball which forms on the surface of an `a`a flow. The rock grows when a small fragment of solidified lava rolls along the surface [...]