Volcano

Noxious Volcano Sulfur Rocks

Yellow sulfur builds up on lava rocks in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park as steam rises from a nearby fumarole. read more

Lava Falls – Kilauea Volcano

Pahoehoe lava undulates over a bank of new earth creating a lava falls as it makes its way from Kilauea volcano to the sea. read more

February 24, 2012 USGSHawaii Pictures • Islands • Hawaii Big Island • Scenery • Volcanohawaii volcanoes national park • lava • national park

The Kilauea Iki pit crater sits mostly dormant, carved out of the main Kilauea summit caldera on the island of Hawaii. As recent as 1959, this crater was filled with molten hot liquid magma for more than two months. read more

January 13, 2012 Hawaii Picture of the DayHawaii Pictures • Scenery • Volcano • Hawaii Big Islandkilauea caldera • lava • lava lake • steam • steam vents

Kilauea Overlook from Visitor Center

Kiauea is astonishing from any vantage point, but maybe especially so from the overlook behind the Volcano Hotel inside the national park. read more

September 12, 2011 Hawaii Picture of the DayHawaii Pictures • Scenery • Volcano • Hawaii Big Islandhawaii volcanoes national park • kilauea caldera • lava • national park • steam

Hawaii Fumeroles (Steam Vents)

Fumeroles, also known as steam vents, are found on Hawaii’s Big Island where molten rock flows close enough to the surface to superheat groundwater, turning it into steam and releasing it through underground pathways. read more

July 27, 2011 Hawaii Picture of the DayHawaii Pictures • Scenery • Volcano • Hawaii Big Islandferns • fumerole • hawaii volcanoes national park • Hilo • national park • steam vents

Mauna Kea in the Distance

The Big Island of Hawaii’s Mauna Kea is the highest spot in the state, rising to 13,796 feet above sea level. The freezing temperatures at this high elevation lend to the meaning… read more

July 14, 2011 Hawaii Picture of the DayHawaii Pictures • Scenery • Volcano • Hawaii Big IslandMauna Kea • stargazing • summit

Kilauea Caldera Landscape

Hawaii’s Big Island is home to 11 of the world’s 13 climate zones. Nowhere is this more apparent than traversing the Kilauea caldera in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Precious little lives or grows in the noxious sulfur-dioxide… read more

July 5, 2011 Hawaii Picture of the DayHawaii Pictures • Scenery • Volcano • Hawaii Big IslandHalemaumau • hawaii volcanoes national park • kilauea caldera • national park • sulfur dioxide

Another Side of Maui

A short distance from Maui’s warm beaches, the peak of the island tops out at over 10,000 feet on the mountain of Haleakala. Up here the air is thin, the temperature is cold, and the landscape is barren. read more

June 26, 2011 Hawaii Picture of the DayHawaii Pictures • Scenery • Volcano • Mauicinder cones • Haleakala • national park

Two Worlds, Rock and Sky

Near the edge of the Halema’uma’u caldera, this picture shows a desolate, seemingly other-worldly landscape. In the true nature of Hawaii, this is juxtaposed with a rainbow–symbol of hope and… read more

June 16, 2011 Hawaii Picture of the DayHawaii Pictures • Scenery • Volcano • Hawaii Big Islandlava • national park • no people • rainbow

Moon Over Volcano

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park is a place of wonder–the power of the volcano, new land created before your eyes, extremes of land and vegetation, storied past, and more. This silhouette of a tree was taken on the rugged surface of … read more

June 8, 2011 Hawaii Picture of the DayHawaii Pictures • Scenery • Volcano • Hawaii Big Islandmoon • sky • trees

Fresh Lava Flow

Hawaii’s Big Island continues to enrapture the world with its lava flows. This picture was taken during a brief surface flow in January 2008. read more

May 17, 2011 Hawaii Picture of the DayHawaii Pictures • Volcano • Hawaii Big Islandlandscape • lava • night • no people