Hawaii (Page 2 of 2): Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
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These pictures were taken at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on the big island of Hawaii on Wednesday, April 27, 2005.
The first photo was taken along the Sulphur Banks Trail located on the north side of the Kīlauea Caldera. The smell of sulphur is incredibly strong in this area, but the view is awesome!!
I spent a whole day walking the trails around the Kīlauea Caldera. One of the trails that I followed was the 2.6 mile-long Halema'uma'u Trail that went across the hardened lava fields of the Kīlauea Caldera to the Halema'uma'u Crater, which is a smaller crater within the Kīlauea Caldera. I was alone on the trail. I saw no one else until I arrived at the Halema'uma'u Crater. It's difficult to call what I walked on a "trail," however. There were rocks piled up at various places in the hardened lava fields that told the hiker where to walk next. When I arrived at the middle of the Kīlauea Caldera, I stood still for a moment, looked around at the vast hardened lava fields, and I listened. I heard absolutely nothing except the wind hitting me. It was the most eerie silence that I have ever heard! I shouted, but was so far from the walls of the caldera that I heard no echo. I arrived at the Halema'uma'u Crater after less than a two-hour walk. The three pictures below show the entire Halema'uma'u Crater.
