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Nothing says "Hawaii" quite like seeing Pele's power and restlessness atop Kilauea volcano in a full lake of lava.
Virgin coastline is seen as it is created on Hawaii's Big Island near the town of Kalapana.
Mauna Kea--"White Mountain"--tops out at just shy of 14,000 feet.
On the Big Island of Hawaii, we are blessed to see the orange glow of liquid rock bursting forth from lava-filled tubes flowing from summit to sea.
The day the Kalapana viewing area opened in March of 2009, the lava broke out on the surface and cut through the trails they had built for viewing. Viewers were able to get feet from the 2100 ...
The Halema'uma'u crater erupts into a burning flower of lava with orange and black petals centered by a bright yellow plume of molten rock.
The iconic Iao Needle towers 1,200 feet over Maui's Iao Valley rainforest in the shadow of the West Maui Mountains.
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