* Lava is flowing towards Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. According to this KGMG story and video, a mile-wide lava flow is 0.25 miles away from being inside park boundaries. The…
According to the Hawaii Volcano Observatory, lava stopped flowing to the ocean for a few days last week, but it has returned again. Shane Turpin of Lava Ocean Adventures tells…
These are really exciting times around Kilauea Volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii. I check the Hawaii Volcano Observatory Kilauea updates and web camera images fairly regularly. For quite…
Whoa! You’ve got to check out these two tremendous videos of Kilauea volcano activity. The first video was shot over the past couple of days. (Credit for this video find…
There are two distinct types of hardened lava you’ll likely see in Hawaii – pahoehoe and a’a. These are Hawaiian names that have been adopted universally for describing the two…
You never know what you are going to find when you go searching for lava flowing on Hawaii’s Big Island. Though Kilauea has been erupting consistently for decades, you can’t…
I frequently check out the web cam views from the Hawaii Volcano Observatory. Just now, I checked in to see this amazing view of Halema’uma’u at dawn. You can see…
As mentioned in an earlier news roundup, the Halema’uma’u Crater recently exploded again for the first time since 1924. It is now spewing out a plume of ash. (This crater…
It was humbling and mesmerizing experience to watch lava flowing into the ocean. I struggle to find the adequate words to describe it. If you are able to get out…
As the husband–and “official photographer/videographer”–of Go Visit Hawaii’s fabulous editor, Sheila, I get the enviable task of following her around Hawaii. Hey, it’s a tough job, but someone has to…
Woohoo! Lava began flowing to the ocean again yesterday! Hawaii county is in the process of preparing a lava viewing point. That point is planned to be in place by…
Oh!My!Goodness! Lava has suddenly started moving rapidly towards the ocean at a clip of a half mile per day. If you click on the Hawaii Volcano Observatory image on the…
March 5th UPDATE: A lava viewing point is being readied, per this Star Bulletin Article. ——————— As I mentioned yesterday, you can’t take a short hike out to see…
And the answer is yes, at least for the moment. Be aware that conditions can change at any moment. So, let me help clear up confusion about seeing liquid rock…