Mauna Loa, a volcano, is known as the long mountain. It and its neighbors have spawned a lot of the other Hawaiian islands. Its lava runs to the sea, spilling in constantly and creating new land.
Volcano National Park contains a lot of the volcano. However, sometimes it flows over neighborhoods and destroys them. You can walk faster than the slow moving lava can flow, but it burns up trees and houses in its path.
The bubbling top of Mauna Kea volcano |
The Ohia tree is one of the first to grow |
Steam and smoke comes out of the ground |
Steam vents |
A lava tube is left when the lava stopped |
Inside the lava tube |
Extinct volcanic crater |
 One of many more extinct volcanoes |
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 Lava forms the beaches |
At night you can see the lava and steam |
 The lava as it enters the ocean |
 The 8 mile round-trip trek to see the lava |
 The full moon accompanied us on the trek |
