The Ultimate Light Show
Volcanoes The Ultimate Light Show How Pele’s molten legacy is reshaping Hawai i
STORY BY LESLIE LANG
PHOTOS BY G. BRAD LEWIS
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Explorations
“The smell of sulfur is strong, but not unpleasant to a sinner.” —MARK TWAIN
(Below) A lava river flows from Kïlauea, shown in elapsed time. (Right) A newly formed littoral cone near the ocean, surrounded by new lava. (Previous pages) Lava pours into Kaimu Bay at Kalapana, a Big Island village destroyed by lava flows in the 1990s.
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Pele is said to still reside in Halema‘uma‘u crater, located at the summit of the Big Island’s Klauea volcano.
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“It was the most unutterable of wonderful things.” —ISABELLA BIRD (From top) A large flow destroys a lowland tropical forest; a slow-moving pähoehoe flow; a new spatter cone on the side of the Pu`u Ö`ö vent.
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Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park is also a biological wonder, with more than 90 percent of its native flora and fauna found only in Hawai‘i.
(From top) Hikers at the Thurston Lava Tube entrance; ferns sprout from smooth, recently cooled pähoehoe lava, the beginnings of the next rainforest.
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“The smell of sulfur is strong, but not unpleasant to a sinner.” —MARK TWAIN
(Below) A lava river flows from Kïlauea, shown in elapsed time. (Right) A newly formed littoral cone near the ocean, surrounded by new lava. (Previous pages) Lava pours into Kaimu Bay at Kalapana, a Big Island village destroyed by lava flows in the 1990s.
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“It was the most unutterable of wonderful things.” —ISABELLA BIRD (From top) A large flow destroys a lowland tropical forest; a slow-moving pähoehoe flow; a new spatter cone on the side of the Pu`u Ö`ö vent.
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Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park is also a biological wonder, with more than 90 percent of its native flora and fauna found only in Hawai‘i.
(From top) Hikers at the Thurston Lava Tube entrance; ferns sprout from smooth, recently cooled pähoehoe lava, the beginnings of the next rainforest.
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