Monday::Musings|Pele’s Power

for those of you that don’t know, i live in beautiful Hawaii. i live on the northern most island, Kauai, but my post today focuses on the big island. the big island of Hawaii is home to an active volcano, Kilauea. Kilauea has been erupting lava since the 1980s, but in the last few months has gotten really active. I saw some footage yesterday of a new vent in the Halema`uma`u Crater, that was so beautiful, I just had to share. it’s a pretty amazing sight and even more amazing to realize that our Mother Earth is still hard at work creating new land.

new lava:: I love that fiery red/orange color against the cool dark gray rocks.

the steam is the lava hitting the cool ocean–creating new land

photos: USGS:Hawaiian Volcano Observatory