HAWAI'I PHOTO GALLERY

- Lava lake and pahoehoe lava: impressions from the VolcanoDiscovery tours in March 2006 -
Part III:  Ocean entry / miscellaneous

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After the recent collapse in Nov. 2005, the bench at Lae'apuki has been regrowing. Steam and wet weather obscure the view onto the small river of lava flowing into the ocean for most of the time.
The same ocean entry seen from the sea
Weak explosions occur from time to time at the water-lava contact		During the night, a breakout starts at the sea cliff
Leaving the coast by boat	Close-up of spatter and cold fragments ejected by a littoral explosion	An old lava tube exposed in the sea cliff

Ferns	The vent of the 1959 Kilauea Iki eruption	Lehua blossom (on a young Ohia shrub)
Margin of devastated forest	Kipuka (island of old vegetation) in the rain	Lehua blossoms on Ohia tree

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