Hot Lava

View of the Holei region of Volcanoes National Park from the bottom end of Chain of Craters road. Patches of scrub and jungle are surrounded by pahoehoe and aa lava flows from different points in time.

Another view of the Holei region of Volcanoes National Park from the bottom end of Chain of Craters road. You can see clearly the two types of lava... The smoother and lighter type is called pahoehoe and the darker patches are aa (much rougher and it's said that is what the ancient hawaiians said when they walked on it with bare feet!)

More pahoehoe lava with the Holei region in the background.

Dried cords of pahoehoe lava along the Chain of Craters road.

Road sign engulfed in the 2002 lava flow at the end of Chain of Craters road near Kalapana.

Arriving near the fresh lava site (4.5 miles into the lava fields) during the lava trek with Arnott's Adventures. Our tour guide is in the distance and you can clearly see the heat coming up from the lava in the distance. Kalapana and the Holei region is in the background.

Fresh lava (pahoehoe type) in the foreground with heat waves and the Holei region in the background.

Pahoehoe lava

Pahoehoe lava

Pahoehoe lava

Pahoehoe lava

Pahoehoe lava

Pahoehoe lava oozing down a little drop-off.

Pahoehoe lava filling up a small depression in the lava field.

Pahoehoe lava

Pahoehoe lava flow

Pahoehoe lava

Lava pouring into the ocean at dusk, Big Island, Hawaii

Me, awfully close to the fresh pahoehoe lava flow. The lava is about 2000 degrees and VERY hot. I could only stay this close for a few seconds before moving away.

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