Ohia Lehua at Devastation Trail, HAVO NPS

Look at this beautiful Ohia tree with Mauna Loa in the background – @ Devastation Trail

Halemaumau with shooting star, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

Did you notice this hidden easteregg in my timelapse movie from Halema’uma’u back a few nights ago? I caught a shooting star without noticing and found out only after the umpteenth time of checking the quality of the footage. What a surprise!

Halemaumau thermal image from USGS HVO camera

Thermal from USGS HVO thermal camera, recording the temperature and the level of the lava lake inside Halema’uma’u active crater of Kilauea Volcano.

A starry show - Halema'uma'u night sky

How beautiful she can be, including the night sky. This one was taken a few days back during my rental car trip and I think I haven’t shared it yet with you.

from http://www.mantleplumes.org/Hawaii.html

What a fascinating model – what would the Hawaiian archipelago and Emperor seamounts look like according to recent theory, had the hot spot really been stationary…

Bunkhouse inside HAVO

Here’s where we live…