February - April 2003 Gallery
The photos here were taken on 15 February
2003 when the fire crew was battling a fire
while the Chain of Craters Road was closed.
The road did not open until the next day
so I ended up hiking in from the Kalapana
side of the flow field. It was a seven mile
hike from Kalapana to the Volcanoes Nat'l
Park road end. I tried to get in from the
park side but was turned back numerous times
by a park ranger. I waited hoping for the
road to open but no avail so I had no choice
but to do the long hike. I did not want a
disappointment on this trip because of the
lava crossing the road. The new ocean entry
,Kohola, had formed the day before so I did
get to see some cascades of lava with a rainbow
in the background.
"Road Burn 030215-2"
The end of Chain of Craters Road is
still
being
paved by Pele's version of asphalt!
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"Road Burn 030215-1"
I guess you can't speed through here
anymore!!
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"Firecrew 030215-4"
Fire crew pointlessly getting rocks
wet to
stop any fires spreading westward. |
"Kohola 020315-13"
Lava cascade at Kohola
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"Kohola 030215-6"
Lava cascade at Kohola |
"Kohola 030215-10"
Lava Cascade with rainbow
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"Lava Flow 030215-3"
Lava flow burning grass field near
Chain
of
Craters Road.
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"Lava Flow 030215-4"
Lava burning grass
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Photos of the Kohola Flow two months after
the photos from above. Taken on 12-13 April
2003 .Notice the changes in the last two
months
"Extreme Danger!"
Guess you don't want to know what
happended to this sign. Hint: Do not
go near the lava bench! Sounds like
a good
deal!!
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aNotice the sign here and the same sign on
the first row of this page (35-0 MPH)
Shows
how much the land changes!
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"Closeup of lava flow 030413" |
"Lava Flow with person in background" |
"The Lava Junkie"
There is a sickness in the lava fields
called Lava Junkism.
Def: Lava Junkie (la-vuh junk-ee) n.
A person who has an addiction to molten lava
coming from the earths interior. |
"Road Burn 030413"
A small lava flow burns the road.
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"More Road Burning"
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""Slow Down"
At this point I used to slow to 51 MPH. |
All photos Copyright (C) Jeffrey F Brown