Gallery
Photographs by Professor Steve Lundblad, unless otherwise noted.
April 13, 2008. Top: Lava entering the ocean produces a cloud of steam and spatter. Below: Photo by Professor Ken Hon. Each piece of Limu o Pele is about 2" across. This "Seaweed of Pele" formed at the ocean entry (such as top photo); molten lava was stretched paper-thin to form large sheets of volcanic glass during the eruption. The glass breaks as it lands, and is further shattered by wind and rain.
Below: A skylight over an active lava tube.
Below: A monk seal rests on the sand at Richardson's Beach in Hilo.
Below: Mokuaweoweo Caldera, atop Mauna Loa, is outlined with snow. 