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Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, on the big island of Hawaii, is one of the most dynamic places on earth, where volcanic activity forms new land every day, while evolution has created life forms found nowhere else on the planet.

One of its volcanoes, Mauna Loa, which was responsible for the emmergence of the island from the ocean floor, is 13700 feet above sea level (the world highest peak on an island) and 42000 below the sea, making its total height the largest of any mountain on earth, while its very gently slopping 10000 cubic miles makes it the most massive mountain.

The other notable volcanoe, Kilauea is one of the world's most active, erupting continuously for thirty years. The Hawaii volcanoes do not have an explosive eruption unlike continental volcanoes, but instead spew a fluid and slow moving flow of molten lava (which make it possible for visitors to get close enough to a live flow to feel their skin burning), and then hardens into fluid fabric shapes which evntually add up layer upon layer to build a bleak black landscape which makes up most of the park.

The Hawaiian islands are further away from a major land mass than any other in the world (at least 2400 miles in any direction). Over the span of about 70 million years, plants and animals managed to make the voyage to the once barren islands and to colonise it, at the rate of one every 70000 years. In the absence of predators, they had plenty of time to evolve into more specialized life forms. Over 80 percent of Hawaii's native flora and fauna is endemic, including more than 100 land birds, 1000 plants, 1000 mollusks, and 10000 species.

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Holei Pali volcanic cliffs and moon at dusk. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Holei sea arch at sunset. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Hardened lava flow overlooking coastal plain, late afternoon. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park (Panoramic color) Ferns growing out of hardened pahoehoe lava circle. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Ohia tree and lava flow. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Giant tropical ferns. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Crozier of the Hapuu tree ferns. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Fiddlehead of Hapuu (Cibotium splendens). Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Thurston lava tube (Nahuku). Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Mauna Ulu crater. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Halemaumau crater, fumeroles, Mauna Loa shield volcano, sunrise. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Snowy Mauna Loa above clouds at sunrise. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Trees and fog near Hilana Pali. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Mound of rocks covered with sulphur from vent. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Fumeroles and lava near Halemaumau. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Sulfur dioxide plume shooting from vent, Halemaumau crater. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Freshly cooled lava on plain. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Volcanic landscape with molten lava flow and red spots at sunset. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Braids of flowing pahoehoe lava. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Close-up of red lava flow. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Close-up of red lava at night. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Active volcano crater at dusk, Kilauea summit. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Glowing crater, plume, and Milky Way, Kilauea summit. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Fresh lava with cracks showing molten lava underneath. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Live hot lava flows over hardened lava. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Field of lava flowing at dusk near end of Chain of Craters road. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Live lava flow on coastal plain sunset. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Red lava glows at dawn. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Live lava glows at dawn on coastal plain. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Flowing lava and rain clouds at dawn. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Live lava advancing at sunset. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Kilauea lava flow at sunset. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Kilauea lava flow at dawn. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Molten Lava glows at dawn. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Volcanic scenery with recent lava flow. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park (Panoramic color) Volcanic landscape with molten lava low. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park (Panoramic color) Landscape with red lava flow at sunset. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park (Panoramic color) Molten lava flow at dawn on coastal plain. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Molten lava flow near Chain of Craters Road. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Live lava flow at sunset near the end of Chain of Craters road. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Visitors observe a live lava flow at close distance. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) New lava flowing over layer of hardened lava. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Lava flow. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Live lava flow. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park (Panoramic color) Molten lava flow. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park (Panoramic color) Molten Lava flowing. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Fluid lava flow detail. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Braids of pahoehoe lava with red hot lava showing through cracks. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Ripples of flowing pahoehoe lava detail. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Braid-like pattern of pahoehoe lava. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Circular ripples of flowing pahoehoe lava. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Swirling pattern of flowing pahoehoe lava. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Ripples of hot pahoehoe lava. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Close-up of ripples of flowing pahoehoe lava at dusk. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Close-up of molten lava. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Kilauea caldera at sunset. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Halemaumau crater overlook and Mauna Loa, sunrise. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Crack, Halemaumau crater overlook, Mauna Loa, early morning. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Fumeroles on the rim of Halemaumau crater. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Fumeroles and hardened lava, early morning. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Volcanic crater and extinct shield volcano. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park (Panoramic color) Halemaumau crater. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park (Panoramic color) Fumeroles. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park (Panoramic color) Halemaumau crater smoke and cloud at sunrise, Kilauea. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Volcanic plume, Halemaumau crater, Kilauea. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Halemaumau plume with glow from lava lake. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Kilauea Volcano glow from vent. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Vog plume and stars at dusk, Kilauea summit. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Glow from molten lava illuminates night sky, Kilauea volcano. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Incandescent illumination of venting gases, Halemaumau crater. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Incandescent glow illuminates venting gas plume by night, Kilauea summit. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Glowing vent and star trails, Halemaumau crater. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Halemaumau crater vent and Ohia tree by night. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Kilauea Iki Crater, Halemaumau plume, and Mauma Loa. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Kilauea Iki Crater. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Visitor throws flowers into Kilauea caldera as offering to Pele. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Ohia tree and Kilauea caldera. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Steam from vents at the edge of Kilauea caldera. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Steaming bluff and trees. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Steam vents. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Sulphur deposits and vents (Haakulamanu). Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Uluhe ferns and sulphur bank. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Carpet of false staghorn fern (Uluhe). Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Slope covered with Uluhe ferns. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Tropical Ferns (Dicranopteris linearis) on slope. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Fern and bamboo orchid (Arundina graminifolia). Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Ohia Lehua shrub and flowers. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Ohia Lehua (Metrosideros polymorpha). Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Tropical ferns. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park (Panoramic color) Tree fern canopy in rain forest. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Rain forest with giant Hawaiian ferns. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Lush tall ferms near Thurston lava tube. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Lush tropical ferms near Thurston lava tube. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Rainforest with Hawaiian tree ferns. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Hapuu (male tree ferns) unfolding. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Hawaian ferns. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Hapuu tree ferns with crozier fronds. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Hapuu Ferns with pulu hair. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Curled up fiddlehead of Hapuu fern. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Young frond of endemic Hawaiian Hapuu. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Fern leaf. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Fern frond close-up. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Tropical fern leaves. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Tropical fern frond. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Fern close-up. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Fern leaf close-up. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Ferns on cave wall. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Boardwalk and entrance of Thurston lava tube. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Thurston lava tube seen from inside. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Lua Manu crater. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Pit crater. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Trees growing on crater steep walls. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Crater vertical walls. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Dry forest in crater. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Fern and trees in Kookoolau crater. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Kookoolau crater invaded by vegetation. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Ferns and forest Kookoolau crater. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Ferns and lava crust on Mauna Ulu crater. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Lava crust on Mauna Ulu crater. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Mauna Ulu crater. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Recent lava crust on Mauna Ulu crater. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Unstable lava crust on Mauna Ulu crater. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Hiker on top of Mauna Ulu crater. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Volcanic landscape of lava field near Mauna Ulu crater. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Close-up view of ripples of hardened pahoehoe lava. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Hardened rope lava riples. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park (Panoramic color) Slope covered with hardened lava flow. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park (Panoramic color) Detail of hardened lava flow. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park (Panoramic color) Recently hardened lava flow. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park (Panoramic color) Rope-like hardened pahoehoe lava. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Ripples of hardened pahoehoe lava. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Volcanic landform of recently hardened lava flow at base of Holei Pali. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Recent hardened lava flow at the base of Holei Pali. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Hardened rope lava and ferns. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Ripples of hardened pahoehoe lava. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Pattern of fabric-like hardened pahoehoe lava. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Hiker on hardened lava flow at the end of Chain of Craters road. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Trees silhouetted against fog at sunrise. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Hardened lava flow, coast in the distance. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Hardened lava flow and Kaena Point. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Volcanic landscape with lava rocks. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park (Panoramic color) View of the coastal plain from Hilana Pali. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Black lava and coastal plain from Hilana Pali. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Coast covered with hardened lava and approaching storm. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Holei Sea Arch in the morning. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Holei sea arch at sunset. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Holei Pali cliffs and moon at dusk. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Hawaiian rain forest ferns and trees. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Native Rainforest. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Ohia Lehua flowers. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Koa tree leaves and bark detail. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Cool forest near Kipuka Puaulu. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Tall native forest near Kipuka Ki. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Forest of koa trees. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Koa trees. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Dryland forest and grasses. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Dryland forest along Mauna Load Road. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Mauna Loa dryland forest. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Big bird. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Ohia flowers and tree. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Ke Amoku lava flow. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Shrub and trees growing over aa lava. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) View over forest from Mauna Loa Lookout. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) One-lane section of Mauna Loa Road. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Mauna Load Road. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Road sign showing the nene (Hawaiian goose). Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Bird on Mauna Load Road. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Rainbow and Mauna Loa. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Mauna Loa flanks. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Layered landscape, Mauna Loa. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Alternance of vegetated and baren slopes on Mauna Loa. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Light, shadows and clouds over Mauna Loa summit. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Snow on top of Mauna Loa. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Mauna Loa at dawn. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Snowcapped Mauna Loa at sunrise. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Mauna Loa seen from Mauna Kea. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Mauna Loa from Mauna Kea summit. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Snow on Mauna Loa summit. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Cinder cone and Mauna Loa. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Mauna Kea cinder cone and Mauna Loa. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Craters on cinder cone and Mauna Loa. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Snowy cinder cone and Mauna Loa summit. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color) Mauna Loa emerging above clouds. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ( color)

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