The Island of Hawaii

LocationHawaii
DateMarch 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 

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