Friday, March 21, 2008

Visiting Hawaii's "SAFE" lava flow...


This is some of the kids getting smarmy for the camera when we hiked out to the Lava flow...it was like a whose who of Hawaii out there that Sunday, everyone was stopping to visit with family/friends/neighbors/co-workers, etc... all we needed was cold beer & pupus to make it a right old party! Yes it was a little irreverent but there was actually a lot of awe & respect for the power of Mother Nature/Pele/God, etc...and people were watching out for each other, so that was cool.

One commenter asked if it was safe to be this close? Excellent questions with a quick answer...NO! It falls under the category of acceptable risk and that's a personal choice. People always want you to tell them that it's going to be A-ok and no one will ever get hurt...well, that's just not true. This volcano is not "TAME" or safe, or dependable, etc... we really do not know what it is going to do next, Click Here for article. And we need to keep that up most in our minds, even when we are trekking out to be amazed!

And yes, I felt a lot safer than if I were, oh, say... skydiving or something...but that's just me...

Thursday, March 20, 2008

Hawaiian Lava Monster...


The lava formations have always fascinated me, so this is a wonderful opportunity to catch nature in the act, so to speak. It's shape brings to mind so many diffrent things, kind of like cloud watching, what do you see?

Monday, March 10, 2008

Volcanic eruption reaches the ocean...Hawaii flocks to see...


The steam plumes you can see in the back ground are from the fresh lava hitting the ocean...very cool! And as you can see, approximately half the population of Hawaii was on the Lava flats to see the most recent "toe" of the current flow! 2-3 mile walk from parking but very much worth it & everyone was in a very good mood. You can see the Live Lava right behind the folks in the picture. We saw lot of incredible formations and many offerings...I will try to post quite a few of them over the next few days.