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Center for the Study of Active Volcanoes

Darcy

UH-Hilo

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808-974-7631

bevens@hawaii.edu

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Lanikai

I grew up in Lanikai, on Windward Oahu, and woke up every morning to a spectacular view of the Mokulua Islands.

Twin Islands are part of a dike complex, as are the hills behind Lanikai, and Olomana mountain. When the Koolau volcano eroded, much of the resistant dike rock was left behind.

Mokulua Islands

Lanikai

Top: View of the Mokulua Islands from my childhood home. Bottom: View of Lanikai from the Mokulua Islands. Note Olomana in the distance, and the edge of the Koolaus capped with clouds.

Twin Islands

Above: Beach on the larger Mokulua Island features white sand, black basalt rocks, and elevated coral reef from a higher stand of the sea.

Dike

Above: Mokulua Islands exist because they are riddled with dikes. The softer adjacent material eroded away, leaving the linear dike features exposed.