• Halema`uma`u Just Before Dawn

    Hawai'i Volcanoes

    National Park Hawai'i

Mauna ulu Virtual Hike - Stop 9

The same flow that spared the kīpuka at stop 5 inundated the forest that grew here.
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Did You Know?

`a`a flowing over an older flow of pahoehoe.

The two types of Hawaiian lava differ in appearance but are chemically alike.  Pahoehoe has a smoother and ropey surface where a`a is jagged and clinkery.