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Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Current Conditions at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Puu WaaWaa Summit
Puu WaaWaa Summit The Many Furrowed Hill From the peak, you can see a breathtaking view of Hawaii’s
three tallest mountain peaks 35,000 acres of land on the leeward side of Hawaii Island Spanning eight miles from an elevation of 6,500 feet to sea
level at Kiholo Bay Ahupuaa (traditional land management area Managed as both a State Forest Reserve in the mauka
(mountainous) and State Park in the makai (coastal) lands. Visitor’s Guide for trails near summit
Rainbow Falls
Rainbow Falls Located in Hilo, Hawaii 80 feet tall, 100 feet wide Wailuku River pools at the bottom of the river You Tube video: Rainbow Falls Additional You Tube Video: Rainbow Falls
Mauna Loa
Mauna Loa Long Mountain Approximately 375 times the size of Mt. Hood 16,000 feet of the mountain is under the ocean Rises 33,000 feet above the sea floor Mauna Lau Video Eruption 1950-MIT Extreme Science: Mauna Lau Eruption 1950 (Shield Volcano) National Geographic Mauna Lau Video
Thurston Lava Tube
Nāhuku-Thurston Lava Tube Discovered in 1913 by Lorrin Thurston, a local newspaper
publisher Roof of the tube used to be covered with lava stalactites To arrive at the tube, you need to take a 1/3 mile hike
through a tree fern forest Nahuku-Thurston Lava Tube Video
Puu Oo Crater
Puu Oo Crater 1983 marked the eruption of Puu Oo Crater off the east rift
zone of Kilauea Volcano 1983 began with ground fissures opening up and "curtains of
fire" (long thin fountains of molten lava) issued from a 7-km long discontinuous fissure system
It has the distinction of having the longest–lived rift zone eruptions of Kilauea Volcano
Live Science Video of Pu Oo Crater Puu Oo Crater Collapses News Article KITV News Puu Oo Crater Develops New Outlet for Lava
Kamoamoa Beach
Kamoamoa Beach Used to be the largest Black Sand Beach Formed in 1989 Created when molten lava hit cold ocean waters More than a ½ mile long and 25 yards wide Closed by new lava flows in 1992 Kamoamoa Fissure Eruption 2011Video
