View is looking southeast toward the big island of Hawaii.
There are 5 volcanoes on the big island of Hawaii: Kohala, Hualalai,
Mauna Kea, Mauna Loa and Kilauea.
Shapes of Shield Volcanoes Above the Clouds!
Mauna Loa ("Long Mountain") in background, with Hualalai in
foreground.
View is looking southeast toward the big island of Hawaii.
Mauna Kea ("White Mountain") in background, with the northwest coast
of the big
island of Hawaii in foreground beneath clouds. On the right is
part of Hualalai volcano.
View is looking east toward the big island of Hawaii.
View of Haleakala on the island of Maui, looking northeast.
Aa flow in background and pahoehoe flow in foreground. Flank
of Kilauea.
Pahoehoe flow, Kilauea.
Close up of pahoehoe flow, Kilauea.
Crater inside Kilauea caldera.
A smaller lava shield (Mauna Ulu) on the flanks of Kilauea.
Cinder cone in Kilauea caldera.
Getting up close and personal with the basaltic lava flow (pahoehoe),
Kilauea.
Visit the Hawaiian Volcano
Observatory
(U.S.
Geological Survey)
Satellite
Map of Hawaii Island
Visit the Hawaiian
Volcanoes
National Park website
Map of
Hawaiian
Volcanoes National Park
http://satftp.soest.hawaii.edu/space/hawaii/navigator.shuttle.html
http://satftp.soest.hawaii.edu/space/hawaii/virtual.field.trips.html
Department of Earth Science | Women's Studies Program | Northeastern Illinois University
© 2002 Karen S. Bartels
Last updated September 30, 2002.
