Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
For many visitors on a Hawaii vacation, Kilauea Volcano on the southeast side of the Big Island of Hawaii is the number one tourist attraction. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park spans from the volcano’s huge summit crater surrounded by tropical rainforest down to the coast where the red-hot lava still pours into the sea.
Kilauea Volcano has been erupting almost continuously since 1983, making it the world’s most active volcano. Today the eruptions of Kilauea continue at a place known as Puu Oo Vent, a cinder cone that still sends out large lava flows that run like rivers all the way down to the coast.
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The scene where the lava hits the sea is spectacular with explosions of steam and gas amidst the fiery red liquid. The reaction that takes place when the lava hits the water creates the material for the nearby black sand beaches.
According to Hawaiian tradition, Kilauea Volcano is the home of the volcano goddess Pele who today may appear as an apparition in the clouds steaming up from the summit crater.
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