Showing posts with label Halemaumau. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Halemaumau. Show all posts
Friday, June 2, 2017

Answer to a Hawaiian Mystery, and a Cautionary Tale

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If you've had a geology or earth science course, do you remember what you learned about basalt? Basalt, the low-silica volcanic rock, ...
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Thursday, May 25, 2017

Here's a Hawaiian Mystery for You: Where Did These Circles Come From?

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We were on a desolate plain on the south side of Kilauea Caldera on the Big Island exploring the ongoing volcanic activity. The smoking pi...
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Wednesday, June 22, 2016

The Hawai'i That Was: The Abode of the Gods and Creation at Kilauea

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The ongoing eruptive activity at the summit caldera of Kilauea on the Big Island of Hawai'i. You aren’t hearing this from me (well,...
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Monday, June 6, 2016

Pele is a Capricious Goddess...Today She Dispensed a Gift

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Halemaumau, on the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii, is a crater within a caldera that has been simmering away for most of the last seven years...
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Saturday, June 13, 2009

Report from the Road: Hawaii volcanoes 3

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More excitement from Hawaii Volcanoes National Park in today's post. The pictures are from days ago, but trip organizing and conducting...
Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Pele is a Capricious Goddess...Part Four: What's Next?

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And now part four of my mini-series on the goddess Pele. The volcano goddess resides in Halema'uma'u, the pit seen above in a photo...
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