Entries filed under 'Hawaii Volcanoes National Park'

Gorgeous Lava Photos: The Low Spark of High-Vis Magma

Walking in the fluid landscape of an active volcano offers some terrific photo opportunities, as displayed in a photo gallery (by Miles Morgan) published this week by The Telegraph of the United Kingdom. Click and enjoy. Decades ago I spend a couple of weeks meandering craters and lava fields in and around the Kilauea Caldera at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, on Hawaii's Big Island, where Morgan took his gorgeous shots. Roads and beaches that existed during my visit are, alas, mere geologic ...

Posted by T.D. Wood on March 29, 2012 5:38 PM & Tagged Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, lava, national parks, photos and volcanoes | permalink | Comments



Recalling a Little Face Time with Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano

Kilauea Volcano update: The Los Angeles Times reports that officials at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park have closed Chain of Craters Road, all coastal trails in the park's east rift zone and the Kulanaokuaiki Campground due to increased volcanic activity that caused the Pu'u O'o Crater to collapse over the weekend. Video footage of the eruption is likely to periodically pop up on the web as the event continues. This additional account carried by The Times features a good clip, and the Pacific ...

Posted by T.D. Wood on March 10, 2011 12:22 PM & Tagged Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Hiking, Kilauea and national parks | permalink | Comments