Hawaii Volcano National Park

14-16 December 2018

We eventually drove down to HVNP where we had had reservations in Kilauea Military Camp, allowing us to explore parts of the park we had missed on previous visits.  Spent most of Saturday exploring a section of Crater Rim Drive that was closed to vehicles and many of the open stops along Chain of Craters Road, ending the day with dinner at Volcano House and some star gazing.  The changes to the crater floor are impressive!

Holiday decoration over mantel in Visitor Center	Amaryllis...	Kilauea Caldera floors, old and new	Roger at Steam Vents Overlook
Steam vents	Steam vents	Steam vents	Steam vents
Steam vents	Shadows in the steam	Shadows in the steam	Steam vents
Kilauea caldera	Steam vents	Offering in steam vent	Old grass
Tree shadows and grass	Volcano House on the old caldera rim	Steam vents	Old Kilauea caldera
Grass and ferns	Tropical Christmas tree in lobby at Kilauea Military Camp	Some of the deocrated cabins	Old and new caldera floors
Ohia lehua	Scientific equipment on old caldera floor	Grasses	Kilauea Iki crater
	Grass	Grass	Grass
Blue sky	The wildly invasive Kalihi ginger fruit aka Hedychium gardnerianum	Grass
	Sink hole	Mauna Kea
Side path	Offering to Pele	Edge of the new crater floor below the old one	New crater -- the lava lake used to be right about there...
Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea	New crater		`Ohelo
Ohia lehua	Older Keanakako`i Crater	Colonizing plants	Older Keanakako`i Crater
End of the road	End of the road		Selfie in old fissure
Harsh landscape at Halema`uma`u Overlook	Ohia tree and new crater	Section of Crater Rim Drive fallen into the crater	Halema`uma`u Overlook
Ohia tree	`Ohelo	Fractal lines	Fern
Fern	Fern	Wild Montbretia	Grass
Grass	Pahoehoe	Colonizing plants	Old lava flow & coastline
Windy!	Old lava flow & coastline	New growth	Ohia tree
Various degrees of new growth on old flows	Multiple old lava flows leading to the coast	Multiple old lava flows leading to the coast	Multiple old lava flows leading to the coast
Ka`u coastline	Regrowth and coast	Blowing in the wind...	Old lava flows from below
Old Pahoehoe	Old Pahoehoe	The coast	Holei Sea Arch
Holei Sea Arch	Holei Sea Arch	Holei Sea Arch	Holei Sea Arch
The coast to the east	Sheltering cracks	Stone cairn marking trail	Petroglyph
Petroglyphs	Boardwalk over Pu`u Loa Petroglyph field	Newer black flows over old lava cliff	Petroglyphs and pika pukas (depressions for umbilical cords)
Colonizing plants	Petroglyphs	Boardwalk over Pu`u Loa Petroglyph field	Old and newer flows over the cliff
Old lava flows	Old road	Old Pahoehoe	Old road
Old road	New growth	Old road	Old road
Coastline	Nene	Nene	Near Kulanaokuaiki Campground
Near Kulanaokuaiki Campground	Near Kulanaokuaiki Campground	Moon	New growth
Sunset	Sunset	Steaming craters	Sunset
Sunset	Sunset	Sunset	Make a wish...
Starry night over Mauna Loa	Starry night by Steam Vents

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