Hawaii

May 2007:

Graduate Volcanology Field Trip to Hawaii Photos

Kilauea caldera from the East rim with Halemaumau and Mauna Loa in the background

Halemaumau

Boulder ejected from Halemaumau in the 1923 phreatic eruption

Hiking in to Kilauea Iki

Puu Puai cinder cone formed by fountaining in the 1959 Kilauea Iki eruption

Puu Puai slump features formed in the semi-welded fountain deposits

Throat of Puu Puai

Floor of Kilauea Iki crater formed by a deep lava lake created during the 1959 eruption

Kilauea Iki

Mauna Ulu flows formed during the 1969 - 1974 eruption along the south flank of Kilauea

Mauna UIu Pahoehoe flows

Mauna Ulu Pahoehoe and Aa flows

Lava centipede warning! Beware on the hike across Puu Oo (1983-1997) flows

End of the road

Is this where we parked?

Double rainbow

Where’s the gold?

Rainbow

Rest stop at a large tumulus

Finally we site lava!

Southwest side of Kilauea Iki and Puu Puai

Cinder deposits from Kilauea Iki fountain with Mauna Loa in the background

Tree on Devastation Trail

Kilauea Caldera and Mauna Loa

Group picture

Tree mold created by the 1974 eruption

Group and tree molds

Tree molds

Hugging a tree mold

Looking into the tree mold

Stuck in a tree mold

Keanakakoe pit crater

Tensional features and eruptive fissures along the upper part of the SW rift zone

SW rift