In May 2007 we took a group of students to the Big Island, Hawaii as part of the graduate volcanology course. These pictures describe the places we visited including fault scarps, rift zones, and of course the active lava flows.
May 2007:
Graduate Volcanology Field Trip to Hawaii Photos
Lava!
The group
Oozing lava
Drying off
Lava breakout
Lava river
Viscosity test
Lava on a stick
Breakout
Large area of active flows
Inflating Pahoehoe flows
Ropey pahoehoe forming
View of lava and vog
Lava river
Breakout
Breakout
Rain on Pahoehoe
Fresh lava is clear from its silvery skin
Watch where you put your backpack down!
Koae fault scarp - site of the 1975 Kalapana earthquake
Tension crack adjacent to the Koae fault scarp
Group picture
Top of the 500 m high Hilina fault scarp
Hilina scarp
Normal fault scarps of the Hilina system
View of Puu Oo vent from Puu Huluhulu
Mauna Ulu Crater
Mauna Ulu crater
Lava channel on north side of Mauna Ulu
Xenolith bed in the 1800-01 Kaupulehu flow from Hualali volcano
More xenoliths