Lava Fields at Sunset
by Susan Rissi Tregoning
Title
Lava Fields at Sunset
Artist
Susan Rissi Tregoning
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Sunset where the lava field meets the Pacific Ocean at the end of Chain of Craters Road at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on the Big Island.
This lava field is part of the eruption that started in 1983 and is still ongoing. When I last visited the park in 2006, there was nothing growing here. It’s nice to see a little of the plant life making a comeback.
A few interesting facts...
By the end of 2016, this eruption has produced more than 1.1 cubic miles of lava, covering 55.6 square miles of land, added 499 acres of new land to the island, destroyed 215 structures, and buried 8.9 miles of highway under lava as thick as 115 feet.
Copyright 2017 Susan Rissi Tregoning
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September 27th, 2017
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