TranslateUSA, HI - The Big Island
The dry side of the Big island
The dry west side of the Big Island on Daniel K. Inouye Road #190 before it becomes Saddle Road on the way to Hilo
Lava-Flow crossing the Kaimu Chain shortly before the new end of the road on Craters Road outside of the Volcanoes National Park
The view into the Kilauea Caldera gets a little bit obscured by the steam from the nearby steam vents and the steaming bluff
Steam vents at the Kilauea Caldera
Steam vents at the Kilauea Caldera in Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii
View from the steaming bluff into the caldera of the Kilauea volcano. The blue smoke in the background stems from the active lava eruptions inside the Halemaumau Crater
Steaming Bluff on the caldera's edge of the Kīlauea volcano
There really is lava erupting inside the Halemaʻumaʻu Crater inside the much larger summit caldera of the Kīlauea Volcano.
Snow covered summit of the Mauna Loa Volcano
This amazing tree in Volcanoes National Park fell down, split another tree, but keeps going strong. The top branches took over and became new trunks.
Red leaved bush in Volcanoes National Park on Hawai'i's Big Island
Lava field of the 1959 Kilauea Iki eruption, which threw lava and ash in this area for five weeks.
Slowly but surely grasses and other plants start growing on the lava field of the 1959 Kilauea Iki eruption, which threw lava and ash in this area for five weeks.
The fight for sunlight in Volcanoes National Park
Kīlauea Iki Crater in Volcanoes National Park, Big Island, Hawai'i
Devil's Throat is a 165 feet deep pit crater in Volcanoes National Park, Big Island, Hawai'i
Pauahi Crater along the Chain of Craters Road on the Big Island of Hawaii.
Lava humps on top of the ridge line along the Iridescent Fissure and Ice Cream Cone Walk in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park
Fissure in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park
Iridescent Fissure and Ice Cream Cone Walk in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park
Lava tree along the Iridescent Fissure and Ice Cream Cone Walk in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii
Lava trees on top of the ridge line along the Iridescent Fissure and Ice Cream Cone Walk in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park
The empty mold is the only thin left of the tree that was covered by the lava flow
Parts of the old chain of craters road can still be found in areas that were flooded by lava flows in Volcanoes National Park
Pahoehoe, the smooth and viscuous kind of lava in Volcanoes National Park on Hawaii's Big Island
