Big Island of Hawaii, May
2000
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Honaunau, the City of Refuge
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Kilauea Volcano
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| Lava beach at
Honaunau Bay, a great snorkeling location |
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Kilauea caldera and
Halema'um'au crater as seen from Volcano House |
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| Beach shot toward City of Refuge |
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Steam vents on
cliffs above Kilauea caldera |
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Waipio Valley
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Steam vents by
Halema'um'au crater, Mauna Loa rising in background |
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| Overlooking the "Valley of the
Kings" |
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Sulfur pits in
Kilauea caldera |
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| Julia, Jolene, Susan, Teeny, David |
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Tree fern in forest
outside Thurston lava tube |
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Akaka Falls
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Jolene, Teeny, David
on Napau
Crater trail to Pu'u Huluhulu overlook to see Pu'u
O'o |
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| Jolene, Teeny,
Julia, Kevin, Susan in front of the giant bamboo |
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Teeny, Jolene, David
by cat-like lava formation |
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| David in the giant
bamboo grove |
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Gases pouring out of
Pu'u O'o cone |
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| The 100-ft drop of
Kahuna falls |
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Crater pit by Pu'u
Huluhulu covered in jungle |
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| Teeny, Jolene and Julia at Kahuna falls |
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Steaming rim of
Mauna Ulu crater, which erupted from 1969 to 1974 |
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| Kevin among the ferns |
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Steam rising from
1974 Mauna Ulu flow |
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| Flower on tree along Akaka falls trail |
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Pahoehoe lava flow
from top of Pu'u Huluhulu |
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| Tropical forest around the falls |
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David, Jolene, Kevin
and Pu'u O'o |
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| The 420-ft drop of
Akaka falls |
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And last but not least...
cool dried stuff!
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| David, Teeny, Susan,
Kevin, Julia, Jolene at Akaka falls |
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Teeny collected dead
plant material everywhere we went, to the Agricultural Inspection
Officer's chagrin, but look what she did with it! |
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