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Vulcano National park.

South of Hilo on the eastern side of the island. A little more than a 2 hour drive, mostly because of low speed limits. More than one day is really needed to visit this place. Dont expect to see open lava flows, they are rare. Most flows are in lave tunnels.
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Haema'uma'u.
Haema'uma'u.		 Fissure.
Fissure.		 Southwest rift zone.
Southwest rift zone.		 Southwest rift.
Southwest rift.
Flow edge.
Flow edge.		 Flow edge.
Flow edge.		 Fighting for a spot.
Fighting for a spot.		 STP_1417.jpg
STP_1417.jpg
Broken edge.
Broken edge.		 Caldera.
Caldera.		 Kilauea rim.
Kilauea rim.		 Halema'uma'u trail.
Halema'uma'u trail.
Halema'uma'u trail.
Halema'uma'u trail.		 Halema'uma'u trail.
Halema'uma'u trail.		 Halema'uma'u trail.
Halema'uma'u trail.		 Kalij pheasant.
Kalij pheasant.
Devastation trail.
Devastation trail.		 Devastation trail.
Devastation trail.		 Hapu'u
Hapu'u		 STP_1480.jpg
STP_1480.jpg
Edge of 1983 flow.
Edge of 1983 flow.		 Edge of 1983 flow.
Edge of 1983 flow.		 The easy to get to vista point
The easy to get to vista point		 Lava meeting the ocean.
Lava meeting the ocean.
New land.
New land.		 Hiking closer. Follow the yellow (plastic)brick road.
Hiking closer. Follow the yellow (plastic)brick road.		 35mph posted. Hard to exceed here.
35mph posted. Hard to exceed here.		 Road to nowhere.
Road to nowhere.
Interesting formation.
Interesting formation.		 Getting closer.
Getting closer.		 1.5 miles of this. And its sharp and brittle.
1.5 miles of this. And its sharp and brittle.		 As close as you get. Unless you take a helicopter.
As close as you get. Unless you take a helicopter.
Close view.
Close view.		 Twisted lava rope.
Twisted lava rope.		 Going back.
Going back.		 Too fast.
Too fast.
The crowd.
The crowd.		 Natural bridge.
Natural bridge.
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