Hawaii - July 17

Kealakekua Bay seen from the Coffee Shack (Jul 17, 2001, 08:20am)

View from table at the Coffee Shack in Captain Cook (Jul 17, 2001, 08:20am)

Sulphur Banks in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park (Jul 17, 2001, 11:02am)

Sulphur Banks near Kilauea Volcano (Jul 17, 2001, 11:04am)

Kilauea Caldera (Jul 17, 2001, 11:15am)

Steam rising near Kilauea Caldera (Jul 17, 2001, 11:16am)

View of Mauna Kea volcano seen from Kilauea volcano (Jul 17, 2001, 11:31am)

Halemaumau Crater inside Kilauea Caldera (Jul 17, 2001, 11:37am)

Kilauea Caldera 1 (Jul 17, 2001, 11:44am)

Kilauea Caldera 2 (Jul 17, 2001, 11:44am)

Kilauea Caldera 3 (Jul 17, 2001, 11:44am)

Panorama of Kilauea Caldera seen from Jaggar Museum (Jul 17, 2001, 11:44am)

Kilauea Caldera 4 (Jul 17, 2001, 11:45am)

Kilauea Caldera 5 (Jul 17, 2001, 11:45am)

Halemaumau Crater 1 (Jul 17, 2001, 12:22pm)

Halemaumau Crater 2 (Jul 17, 2001, 12:23pm)

Offering at Halemaumau Crater (Jul 17, 2001, 12:24pm)

Panorama of Halemaumau Crater inside Kilauea Caldera (Jul 17, 2001, 12:28pm)

Daphne poses next to September 1982 lava flow (Jul 17, 2001, 12:50pm)

Cracks in floor of Kilauea Caldera (Jul 17, 2001, 12:56pm)

Cardinal in tree at Kilauea Visitor Center (Jul 17, 2001, 01:23pm)

Moss on wall outside Thurston Lava Tube (Jul 17, 2001, 02:24pm)

Our group in the lit section of the Thurston Lava Tube (Jul 17, 2001, 02:25pm)

Close up of dried lava flow inside Thurston Lava Tube (Jul 17, 2001, 02:31pm)

Closeup of ceiling inside Thurston Lava Tube (Jul 17, 2001, 02:40pm)

Our group in the dark part of Thurston Lava Tube (Jul 17, 2001, 02:43pm)

Close up of crack in floor of Thurston Lava Tube (Jul 17, 2001, 02:45pm)

Walk through rain forest outside Thurston Lava Tube (Jul 17, 2001, 02:53pm)

View of Kilauea Iki Crater (Jul 17, 2001, 03:07pm)

Hikers at the bottom of Kilauea Iki Crater (Jul 17, 2001, 03:08pm)

Another view of Kilauea Iki Crater (Jul 17, 2001, 03:12pm)

Panorama of Kilauea Iki Crater from Puu Puai Overlook (Jul 17, 2001, 03:12pm)

Devastation Trail (Jul 17, 2001, 03:15pm)

Bougainvillea plant establishes itself in a new lava flow (Jul 17, 2001, 03:19pm)

Flower growing at the edge of Devastation Trail (Jul 17, 2001, 03:22pm)

Pauahi Crater at side of Chain of Craters Road (Jul 17, 2001, 03:47pm)

Mauna Ulu seen from Pauahi Crater (Jul 17, 2001, 03:48pm)

Arch in 1969 lava flow (Jul 17, 2001, 03:55pm)

More views of 1969 lava flow (Jul 17, 2001, 03:56pm)

Mauna Ulu seen from 1969 laval flow (Jul 17, 2001, 03:57pm)

Looking down at end of lava flows from Chain of Craters Road (Jul 17, 2001, 04:16pm)

Another view of Hawaiis south coast from Chain of Craters Road (Jul 17, 2001, 04:17pm)

Steam from active lava flow entering ocean seen in distance (Jul 17, 2001, 04:24pm)

Tree killed by lava flows (Jul 17, 2001, 04:24pm)

Black aha lava over gray pahoehoe lava (Jul 17, 2001, 04:32pm)

Aha and pohoehoe lava flows down from Holei Pali ridge (Jul 17, 2001, 04:35pm)

Petroglyphs at end of Puu Loa Petroglyph Trail (Jul 17, 2001, 04:55pm)

Close up of Puu Loa petroglyphs (Jul 17, 2001, 04:56pm)

More Puu Loa petroglyphs (Jul 17, 2001, 04:56pm)