Some Photos from our Regional Geology (Geology 210) Field Trip to
the British Isles - May, 1995
The Big Island of Hawai'i
Photos by Russ Clark.
Click on any photo to see a full-sized version.
Faulting due
to earthquakes near the summit of Kilauea put this road around Halemaumau Crater out of
commission.
Hiking across
a lava plain on the slopes of Kilauea, while Pu'u O'o erupts in the background
A thin glassy
"skin" covers these fresh pahoehoe lava flows.
Investigating
a 2-day old lava flow, while in the distance an active flow pours into the sea (note
rising steam)
Steve Brown
works out the Law of Superposition (hmmm ... is the lava flow older or younger than the
road?). That very helpful sign says that the road is closed to traffic. Just east of the
(former) Wahaula Visitor Center.
Looking down a
crack in a very recent lava flow ... in fact, there's still red-hot rock down there!
Just how hot
was that lava ... hot enough to cook that Jiffy-Pop popcorn! (No kidding!)
Sunset from
the summit of Mauna Kea (the highest insular peak in the world) ... height = 13784 feet,
wind = 50 mph, and temperature = 34 degrees ... in May!
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