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Volcanoes National Park
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~ 2001 ~
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Thurston Lava Tube (Nahuku) | Trail to Thurston Lava Tube |
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Alanui Kahiko, Chain of Craters Road | Holei Pali, Chain of Craters Road |
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Kilauea Caldera from Volcano House Hotel | Halema'uma'u Crater (still steaming) |
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Halema'uma'u Crater in Kilauea Caldera from Volcano House Hotel | Kalij pheasant |
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Pu'u Loa Petroglyphs | Pu'u Loa Petroglyphs |
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1995 lava flow--viewing the point of recent activity from about 2 miles west | Holei Sea Arch |
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1995 lava flow closing Chain of Craters Road | Pu'u'O'o lava flow viewing from Kalapana (the east side) |
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~ 2009 ~
| Kilauea Caldera from the Volcano House and, of course, Halema'uma'u Crater is still steaming |
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Hiking the Napau Trail a few miles atop Mauna Ulu, veering off the beaten path to see her steaming |
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Jim in his glory |
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| An 11-mile hike on the Naulu trail (from Kealakomo) guided by cairns on the lava rock area, eventually merging with the Kanapala Trail to the rarely used section of the Napau Trail through a wet, brushy fern forest that ended at the Napau Crater--I used the waterproof camera for this drizzly hike! |
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| Former Chain of Craters Road from 1965 to 1969 that we crossed a couple times; very warm to touch--kept our feet warm |
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The soaked fern forest (left); |
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Interesting sign on the trail between Makaopuhi Crater & Napau Crater |
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| Napau Crater, steaming at the fissure created in 2001 from the currently active Pu'u'O'o volcano |
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A rainbow reward at the end of our long hike just before sunset |
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| Another day on the east side from Kanapala to see the active Pu'u'O'o volcano at sunset (notice the tourist viewing area has changed since 2001 above); the first blurry image is zooming in upward at the steams of Pu'u'O'o that originates 6-7 miles up (north) |
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