Category Archives: Geology
Volcano National Park
Big Island Volcano National Park Volcano, Big Island, Hawaii One of Hawaii’s most notorious and famous National Parks, “Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park” was established in 1916 as a National Park, a International Biosphere Reserve in 1980, and a … Continue reading
Pu’u o’o’
Big Island Pu’u o’o is a cindercone / spatter cone on the East Rift Zone of Kilauea in the Hawaiian Island of Big Island. It has been erupting continuously since January 3, 1983 making it the longest living … Continue reading
Pele
Pele Pele Is the Hawaiian Goddess of Volcanoes, Fire, Lightning, Dance, and Violence. Local legend places that Kilauea volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii, is the specific home of the Hawaiian Goddess Pele, in the Halema’uma’u crater … Continue reading
Kilauea
Kilauea Caldera Kilauea Volcano, Big Island, Hawaii Kīlauea is one of the most spectacular volcanoes existing on Big Island in Hawaii. Rising 4,091 feet above sea level, the summit caldera is a broad shelf of uplands well beneath … Continue reading
Kalapana Lava Beds
Kalapana Lava Flows, Big Island, Hawaii Kalapana Lava Beds Off Highway 137, Near Hilo, Big Island, Hawaii The Kalapana Lava Beds are part of the ever-growing newly settled part of the Big Island of Hawaii. These fields are … Continue reading
Akaka & Kahuna Falls
Akaka Falls * Akaka Falls Rd * Off Hwy 19, Honomu, HI 96728 * (808) 974-6200 * (near Hilo, Big Island, Hawaii) * My first day on the Big Island, my friend Kawika took me to these amazing … Continue reading
Pacific Tsunami Museum
Pacific Tsunami Museum 130 Kamehameha Ave * Hilo, HI 96720-2833 * (808) 935-0926 * http://www.tsunami.org/ * The Pacific Tsunami Museum is a non-profit run organization spreading the awareness and preparedness for the natural disaster of the tsunami. They … Continue reading
Thurston Lava Tube
Thurston Lava Tube Volcano National Park, Volcano, Big Island, Hawaii While visiting a friend who lives in Volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii we took a late night cruise through the Thurston Lava Tube … which was absolutely fascinating. … Continue reading
Firehole Canyon / Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area
Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area, Wyoming Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area, Wyoming Art Gallery of Time “Major John Wesley Powell named the Flaming Gorge and tributaries such as Little Firehole Canyon for the brilliant red sandstone exposed in the … Continue reading