Field Trips

The Island of Hawaii

Hawaii
March 10-20, 2006

Friday, March 10 - Travel Day Departed Columbus 7:42 AM, arrive Hilo 6:19 PM Lodging - cabins at Namakani Paio campground, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.

Saturday March 11 - The Summit Area of Kilauea Lodging - cabins at Namakani Paio campground, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

Sunday, March 12 - Hikes in and Around Kilauea Caldera and Kilauea Iki Lodging - cabins at Namakani Paio campground, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

Monday, March 13 - Tour of Kilauea with Don Swanson & East Rift Zone Lodging - cabins at Namakani Paio campground, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

Tuesday, March 14 - East Rift Zone, Southern Flank of Kilauea, Recent & Active Flows! Lodging - cabins at Namakani Paio campground, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

Wednesday, March 15 - SW Rift Zone, Black & Green Sand Beaches, Littoral Cone Lodging - Uncle Billy's Kona Bay Motel, Kailua-Kona, Island of Hawaii

Thursday, March 16 - Hualalai Lavas & Mauna Kea Lodging - Uncle Billy's Kona Bay Motel, Kailua-Kona, Island of Hawaii

Friday, March 17 - Coral Reefs (Kamanu Charters), Mantle Xenoliths and Coffee Plantation Lodging - Uncle Billy's Kona Bay Motel, Kailua-Kona, Island of Hawaii

Saturday, March 18 - Kona to Hilo Lodging - Uncle Billy's Hilo Bay Motel, Hilo, Island of Hawaii

Sunday, March 19 - Flew to Honolulu, Free Day on Oahu!, Depart for Home

Monday, March 20 - Flew to Phoenix to Columbus, Ohio

Profs. Goodwin, Hawkins and Greene all bottled up in a lava tube on Mauna Ulu	On the beach, Kona coast, Hawaii	Brianne Jacoby and Liz Hopkins get drenched while examining a breakwater on the windward shore	Examining flow features in a lava tube cave
Entrail pahoehoe lava on the flank of Kilauea	Flow patterns in pahoehoe lava	Geologists in the rain!	Prof. Hawkins explaining the petrology of the Kilauea Iki lava lake
Prof.Hawkins in the rain at Kilauea Caldera.jpg	Active Volcanoes may be hazardous to your health!	Mat Hoffman at Sulphur Banks, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park	Students on a recent lava flow near Kilauea Caldera
Overlooking Kilauea Caldera	Prof. Hawkins examines the caldera floor, Kilauea Iki crater	Prof. Greene and students on classic pahoehoe lava from the 1969-74 eruptions of Mauna Ulu	Green Sand Beach
Lava tube cave near Kailua-Kona	Denison Geosciences Department at Waipio Overlook, Hawaii	Windward shore of Hawaii	Akaka Falls
How Akaka Falls were formed?	Beach and lava flows on Oahu	Dissected cliffs on Oahu	Lava Flows along the Kona coast
On the floor of Kilauea Iki crater	Walking on a lava lake, Kilauea Iki	Snorkeling off Kaiwi Point, coral reefs on young basalt