Hawaii: Chapter 5 - Volcano National Park

Volcano National Park, a unique place where you can witness first hand land being created by active Volcano's.

Kilauea Crater; we were able to hike across a portion of this crater. Most of the crater is closed due to current volcanic activity.

It rained a lot here, especially at elevations above 4,000ft.

But "duh" we're in the rainforest...Thurston Lava Tube. This old lava tube was broken up into two portions, one lit, one unlit. We walked down the unlit portion with just one headlamp for nearly 400 meters before turning back, it was really dark.

I had some fun playing with my D80 and longer shutter speeds (Sam kneeling on left, Gretchen spinning the light on right).Beware, Sulfur Dioxide venting EVERYWHERE...

Old lava flow running across the coastal road.

Cool volcanic rock arch going into the sea