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« on: March 18, 2010, 01:49:11 AM »


"We took a helicopter to the rim and hiked about a mile [1.6 kilometers] into the steaming cauldron of Kilauea's Pu'u 'O'o crater to this skylight. Geologists call the skylight the Cookie Monster because it really looks like the shape of the character on Sesame Street."
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« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2010, 01:50:31 AM »

Plumes of gas escaping from vents as lava meets air

From the helicopter, we saw lava splashing and frothing 50 feet [15 meters] below the surface in these 75- to 100-foot-wide [23- to 30-meter-wide] pools.
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« Reply #2 on: March 18, 2010, 01:51:41 AM »

Lava breaks out of its shell of hardened, black rock
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« Reply #3 on: March 18, 2010, 01:52:31 AM »
This is a breakout, or a live surface flow of molten rock. The magma was oozing under the skin of cooled black rock—it's hotter than hell up there. Eventually a buildup of pressure under a certain place will crack the surface over it, and the lava will break out.


The Highcastle lava bench (new land that is formed as lava cools)
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« Reply #4 on: March 18, 2010, 01:53:42 AM »
This was our final quest—the ocean entry at Highcastle, the holy grail for lava photographers. The lava was coming over the last cliff before entering the ocean.


A lava breakout from newly cooled rock
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« Reply #5 on: March 18, 2010, 01:55:20 AM »
If I stepped on the gray rock in this photo, it would feel like stepping into a fire. You can pass over it if you move really quickly. You just dance along.


Lava spiraling down a slope

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