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The Sulphur Banks Trail in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
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The Sulphur Banks Trail in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Sulphur crystalizes around the little steam vents here.
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The Sulphur Banks Trail in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Sulphur crystalizes around the little steam vents here.
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Oil spilled on the pavement
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Rainbow Falls near Hilo
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At the Rainbow Falls overlook
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Sizes at this pizza restaurant in Hilo. Note the largest pizza is 28" in diameter!
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The clouds are parted enough to see the top of Mauna Loa from the Mauna Kea Visitor's Center
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The sun illuminates the clouds on the west flank of Mauna Loa
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The road that leads to the Mauna Kea visitors center
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The road that leads from the visitors center to the astronomical observatories at the Mauna Kea summit. This is a 4-wheel drive only road so we couldn't go up in our front-wheel drive rental car.
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The entrance to a lava tube cave
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Inside a lava tube cave, looking out
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Inside a lava tube cave, looking out
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Inside a lava tube cave, looking out
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The entrance to another lava tube, this one in a much more recent lava flow
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The tube is pretty big!
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The other end of the lava tube. Time to climb back to the surface.
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The tube continues on past this place where it's collapsed
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Further along, the collapse is worse and longer
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From here, we explore the path of the lava tube from the surface
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You can see the path of the collapsed tube by the depression in the lava
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From this point, you can see the snow-capped peaks of both Mauna Kea (barely, on the left) and Mauna Loa (straight ahead, just left of the cloud bank).
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A better view of the peak of Mauna Kea. You can see the buildings and telescope housings at the top!
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A closer view of the top.
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There is a very distinct snow line!
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People pulled over to watch the mountain and/or the sunset.
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The sun is reflecting off one of the buildings
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The sun is about to set, casting a pink glow on the top of Mauna Kea. The buildings are now hidden by the clouds.
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