Hawaiian Volcanoes: Beauty & Terror


	Hawaiian Volcanoes: Beauty & Terror
amgumen
12-23-2007 6:28 PM
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12-25-2007 5:15 AM
syncopath
Wow. Nature - the beauty and the mist .. -))
12-25-2007 6:43 AM
benzillar
remarkable beautiful.
12-25-2007 7:34 AM
triggermanjoey
I think the one with the vehicle in not in Hawaii. I saw that pic also at Mt. Pinatubo philippines.
12-25-2007 11:32 AM
ragots
awesome.
12-26-2007 12:52 AM
nuthouse
what amazing pictures thanks for sharing them
12-26-2007 11:24 AM
graycharli
Beautiful and scary!
Great shots!
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/2f9b3798-439b-40d1-b581-cb8a4be50dbb/C947187B-CFA3-4DEE-8D03-21159F77CAB8/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/11/hawaiian-volcanoes-beauty-terror.html" href="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/11/hawaiian-volcanoes-beauty-terror.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.darkroastedblend.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/11/hawaiian-volcanoes-beauty-terror.html"><DIV>Pu'u 'O'o cone on Kilauea, Big Island of Hawaii (aerial view) -</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/11/hawaiian-volcanoes-beauty-terror.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.darkroastedblend.com/img/1BF6A09A-2A8D-41B2-8D61-2E66911ED8B2" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/11/hawaiian-volcanoes-beauty-terror.html"><DIV>Eruptions in the Hawaiian volcanoes are normally preceded by multiple earthquakes which create fissures and facilitate the magma's flow to the surface.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/11/hawaiian-volcanoes-beauty-terror.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.darkroastedblend.com/img/9C805467-A73B-4763-AFFD-04DD63B73EB1" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/11/hawaiian-volcanoes-beauty-terror.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.darkroastedblend.com/img/E9FE6A69-C0F0-4C82-9BCE-0915D008A16E" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/11/hawaiian-volcanoes-beauty-terror.html"><DIV>The Paoehoe (pah-ho-ay-ho-ay) lava flows reach the seawater and explode, as ocean waves enter the fiery lava tubes.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/11/hawaiian-volcanoes-beauty-terror.html"><DIV>The semi-solidified lava structures may look as curious lava-lamp oddities, but conceal behind their fanciful shapes a highly dangerous nature. The lava tongues and "tentacles" may look solid but often they remain incredibly hot and unstable for long time. </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/11/hawaiian-volcanoes-beauty-terror.html"><DIV>Like alien bread dough they creep forward, quickly cooling off and adding perplexing shapes here and there. The imaginary sequel to "The Blob" movie could certainly use such visuals:</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/11/hawaiian-volcanoes-beauty-terror.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.darkroastedblend.com/img/3E838964-621B-4125-B18B-1CA95386D663" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/11/hawaiian-volcanoes-beauty-terror.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.darkroastedblend.com/img/CAC32AE1-49A3-4F7D-BD65-9AE6B731F356" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/11/hawaiian-volcanoes-beauty-terror.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.darkroastedblend.com/img/46E3225A-34FF-4BC2-A633-F78B6A632926" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/11/hawaiian-volcanoes-beauty-terror.html"><DIV>A creeping lava tongue... A fiery waterfall curtain...</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/11/hawaiian-volcanoes-beauty-terror.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.darkroastedblend.com/img/11F99F66-BB12-4B09-A1DD-4F2DA449444F" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/11/hawaiian-volcanoes-beauty-terror.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.darkroastedblend.com/img/513B70EA-2768-4251-B44E-E93D60849838" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/11/hawaiian-volcanoes-beauty-terror.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.darkroastedblend.com/img/EC4DFD38-64EA-4CE9-B843-F1F534790360" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/11/hawaiian-volcanoes-beauty-terror.html"><DIV>The bizarre coloring observed in the lava flowing in the tubes: </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/11/hawaiian-volcanoes-beauty-terror.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.darkroastedblend.com/img/ED8454E7-6D2D-4153-9745-72F4751E94EB" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/11/hawaiian-volcanoes-beauty-terror.html"><DIV>Such openings are called "skylights", offering a view into a hellish kingdom below:</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/11/hawaiian-volcanoes-beauty-terror.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.darkroastedblend.com/img/54DAC36D-BB08-49C9-8272-9348BFC070EB" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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