Kilauea Volcano is the world's most active volcano; the current eruption started in 1983 and is still going strong. Other volcanoes erupt in fury, but in Hawai'i, "even the volcano is laid-back." Here, Mike explores a lava fissure on a rift zone.
Here's Kelli taking a picture of Mike from above the rift. Kelli wasn't quite as adventurous in exploring.
Chain of Craters road descends from Volcano National Park down to the coast. However, lava flows have permanently closed portions of the road during the early 90's! Here, the lava flowed up to a nice retaining wall built at the site of the former visitor's center, overflowing part of the road. However, part of the road still remains between the lava flows.
One of the coolest sights to see is molten lava flowing into the ocean. The best time to do this is at dusk. As the sun goes down, the lava becomes visible. To get to this point, we had to hike a couple of miles across the lava flows. Getting there during daylight is certainly easier than getting back to the car in the dark. Good thing we brought good flashlights!!!