Living outside of Volcano National Park it's only a matter of time before we had to visit. Here's a few shots from our travel into and atop the Kilaeua Iki crater. This bowl of rock was a liquid lava lake for some years, eventually hardening into what we walked across.
Walking the barely visible trail into the crater.
Ohia lehua bloom. Ohia's are the first tree to grow out of lava, making the most of a crack, somehow beginning life with next to nothing, beginning to change an ecosystem. All the forests looked similar to these barren moonscapes at one point in time, transforming into luscious green fern forests.
Sunshine after a little shower.
Having fun.
My head poking out of a bulge.
A rather big belch from the inside of the earth.
The edge.
Volcano National Park is worth a visit, I've never seen anything like it.
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