Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park

I had the opportunity to visit Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on the Big Island of Hawaii, USA. It is an amazing place where we can see the crater of a volcano that is still moving molten rock (there are only a few places in the world). It is easily accessible. We will receive excellent knowledge in geology, including natural beauty, including plants and wildlife that are unique to this area. If you are interested in geology, you will not be disappointed. P.S. If you are lucky, you will see hot molten rock flowing in a red line.

This summer, it is worthwhile to visit Hawaii Volcano Park to see the erupting volcano. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park is located on Hawaii Island in the state of Hawaii, USA. It covers an area of ​​929 square kilometers and mainly includes two modern active volcanoes, Mauna Loa and Kilauea. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park was listed as a World Natural Heritage in 1987. Hawaii Island is the largest island in the Hawaiian Islands in the North Pacific and part of the state of Hawaii, USA. It covers an area of ​​10,458 square kilometers, is saddle-shaped, and has many volcanoes. Hawaii Island is also called the "Volcano Island". There are countless volcanoes there. When the volcano erupts, it is magnificent and spectacular. It can be called a great masterpiece of the Creator. Unlike the volcanic eruptions on the Mediterranean and the edge of the Pacific Ocean, the volcanic eruptions on the Big Island are not dangerous, but attract tourists to watch. The crater is often tens to hundreds of meters deep and thousands of meters in diameter. The black hole is like a giant iron pot, emitting a pungent smell of sulfur. After the lava cools and solidifies, it looks like paint squeezed out of a tube, black and shiny, and stretches as far as the eye can see. There is no grass, no birds or animals here, and no trace of life. It seems that time has gone back thousands of years. As time passes, the lava begins to weather, and the vigorous plants take root and sprout again. Hundreds of years later, the place where the lava flows is lush with plants and dense forests. There are dense tropical rainforests here. There are also animals such as bats, Hawaiian geese, eagles, crows, Hawaiian white-bellied waterfowl, etc. Kilauea and Mauna Loa, two modern active volcanoes, are the main components of this park. At the same time, they are also the famous and significant symbols of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. The park was established in 1961 by an act of the United States Congress and became a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in 1980. The status of the park does not prevent local people from carrying out traditional activities in the park. Local people do not have to pay the $5 entrance fee to visit the park regularly. The park receives about two million visitors every year with good facilities. Exhibitions, film screenings, and a large amount of documentation are held in the spacious visitor center, and the center also provides special guided tours. A network of asphalt roads allows visitors to circle the rim of Kilauea or walk all the way to the beach. The scenery is stunning, and the walking trails are extensive. As the sun sets, you'll see silver-grey craters spewing smoke, piles of orange sulfur, mineral-rich deserts, and dense forests where towering ferns intertwine with dark foliage. Visitors can climb the 4,170-meter-high Mauna Loa volcano, a mountain formed by repeated lava flows, and its beautifully rounded summit is sometimes covered with snow. This time, we saw an active volcanic eruption, but we didn't expect it to continue until now, and it feels more and more powerful. I don't know what will happen next...

Iki trail walking down to crater & viewing lava at night & Driving crater rim until Holei sea arch are best things at this Volcano national park.

On the way there, I did my homework in a hurry, and was still wondering if I would take a helicopter to see a magma plunge into the sea after driving. Only when I arrived at the visitor center did I know that all magma watching activities on the island had been cancelled and that Jagger museum had been shut down, because last year's earthquake, magma diversion, and no magma could be seen in the next three years. In this case, we can only choose our wife to drive all the way, until the final net red card "elephant nose". It's almost an hour's walk from the entrance to the destination. There are many scenic spots along the way, which can be parked and watched or down for a walk. It's still shocking to see a piece of cooling magma after the volcanic eruption. Sometimes the remnants of red magma can be seen.

The key to Hawaii Island is to see volcanoes. The nickname of Hawaii Island is Volcano Island or Big Island. It's an island built on five shield volcanos. The five shield-shaped volcanoes in Hawaii are Mauna Loa, Kilauea, Mauna Kea, Kohala and Hualalai. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park (World Heritage Site, 1987) covers an area of 929 square kilometers, mainly including Maunaroya volcano and Kilauea two modern active volcanoes. The visitor centre has the Volcano Museum Thomas A, Jaggar Museum (named after the first director of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory). There are a lot of text and pictures about the whole Volcano Park and its route. Watch the video of the volcano eruption. Then go to the Kilauea outlook observatory to see Kilauea caldera (crater), 420 feet, and watch the smoky landscape of the crater in the pouring rain. The volcano park also has a magma tunnel about 12 minutes'walk.

Does a car cost 12 dollars or 10 dollars? It looks like it can travel for 7 days. We went there twice, and each time we went there was not enough. The scenery was really beautiful. After entering the door, go to the tourist center to get a Chinese map, and study where you want to go first, so as not to turn back. There are often closed roads inside. Drive carefully. It's really a good experience to drive to the bottom of the map, to the end of the volcano park and then to take a section of volcano road that can't be accessed by cars. Nature is great and magnificent. Sometimes people are really small. The whole volcano park has no supplies along the way. Fill it with oil and bring dry food. If the driving level and courage are not very big, remember to go out of the volcano park before dark, because the road back to the city has no lights, it is very dark. Be sure to bring a thick coat and pants. Rainwear should also be carried.

Looking at a lot of pictures, I always thought that the lava from Kilauea Caldera would grow bigger and bigger after dark, and I realized that it was an illusion of visual effect. We can only see the edge of the crater from time to time, and it has been steaming constantly. During the day, it is a feeling of water vapor. After dark, the temperature drops, the temperature difference between the inside and outside of the crater increases, and the water vapor becomes more. Against the background of the surrounding black, the water vapor at the bottom of the crater flashes bright red light. The photograph shows the feeling of a flame. The Jaggar Museum will have staff speaking in English in the open air before dark. As the sun sinks to the West and the temperature on the mountain drops to several degrees in a straight line, the preparation of the cold-proof clothes is indispensable.

In addition to driving directly to the center of the park, there is also a wild road that takes you all the way to the lava entering the sea from a coastal trail in the south. Locals rent bicycles and headlamps at the trail entrance. It is recommended to go in at dusk when it is getting dark. The lava will be more obvious after dark. Bring a flashlight or rent a headlamp directly from the locals to free your hands.