1. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Current Conditions at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

2. Puu WaaWaa Summit

3. 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

4. Rainbow Falls

5. 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

6. Mauna Loa

7. 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

8. Thurston Lava Tube

9. 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

10. Puu Oo Crater

11. 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

12. Kamoamoa Beach

13. 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