Postcard from Hawai’i – Page 15 – A Darker View

Hand of Lava

The lava looked all too much like a giant hand with severed fingers dripping red hot blood, a natural Halloween decoration for a lava flow…

Hand of Lava — Lava from the Kilauea volcano enters the ocean at Kamokuna

Jungle Road

Pohoiki Road — Pohoiki Road passes through rich jungle in lower Puna

Pohoiki Stars

Pohoiki Stars — The predawn darkness of Pohoiki with Canis Major and Orion overhead

Ocean Entry

Lavafalls — Lava from the Kilauea volcano enters the ocean at Kamokuna

Lavafalls

Lavafalls — Lava from the Kilauea volcano enters the ocean at Kamokuna

Plumeria Gallery

Plumeria are by far the prettiest flowers we have in the yard. Along with the four small trees along the front of the house there are two more at the back corner. The back plumeria are more photogenic, with deep yellow centers.

I have photographed our plumeria over and over across the years, it is quite a collection of photos at this point…

Plumeria — Plumeria (Plumeria obtusa) blossoms on the front lanai

Plumeria — Plumeria blossoms in the rain

Plumeria — Plumeria bloom in the yard all summer long

An Offering at Keck — A plumeria lei left outside Keck Observatory

Gecko & Plumeria — A gold dust day gecko (Phelsuma laticauda) on a plumeria blossom

Gecko and Plumaria — A gold dust day gecko (Phelsuma laticauda) on a plumeria blossom

Plumeria — Plumeria (Plumeria rubra) blooming off the front lanai

Plumeria — Plumeria off the front lanai.

Plumeria in the Rain — Plumeria blossoms dampened by rains from Tropical Storm Flossie

Plumeria — Plumeria blossoms in the rain

Gecko & Plumeria — A gold dust day gecko (Phelsuma laticauda) on a plumeria blossom

Gecko

Gecko — A gold dust day gecko (Phelsuma laticauda) on a banana leaf

‘Uki

'Uki — ‘Uki (Machaerina angustifolia) along Saddle Road

Plumeria

Plumeria — Plumeria blossoms in the rain

Lava Gallery

After this latest trip to see the lave I was recalling all of my previous effort to photograph the lava. It has resulted in quite a few beautiful photographs, many of which have appeared here on DarkerView…

Pāhoehoe — A very close view of advancing pāhoehoe lava

Lava — Lava moves forward in the flow field at Kalapana

A skylight allows a view into an active lava tube — A skylight allows a view into an active lava tube near the top of lava flow 61G at Kilauea, photo by Deborah Cooper

Photo Tour — A Paradise Helicopter doors off photo tour hovers over the ocean entry at Kamokuna

Kupapa'u Lava — An active pāhoehoe breakout at Kupapa’u

Cooling Lava — Cooling pahoehoe lava glows red at Kalapana

Pahoehoe — Pahoehoe lava breaks out to flow forward and form another pillow at Kalapana

Lava Entry — Lava from the Kilauea volcano enters the ocean at Kamokuna

Pāhoehoe — A pāhoehoe breakout near Kupapa’u

Kupapa'u Lava — An active pāhoehoe breakout at Kupapa’u

Littoral Fire — A littoral cone formed at the end of a lava flow near Kalapana glows red under the stars, the planet Jupiter shines above the glowing plume

Kupapa'u Lava — An active pāhoehoe breakout at Kupapa’u

Lava Lake at Halemaʻumaʻu — The lava lake at Halemaʻumaʻu with several fountains of lava along the far rim, May 2, 2015.

Pāhoehoe — An active pāhoehoe breakout at Kupapa’u

A large breakout in the lava flow 61G

Pāhoehoe — An active pāhoehoe breakout at Kamokuna

Halema'uma'u Glow — The plume at Halema’uma’u lit up at night as seen from the Mauna Kea VIS

Ocean Entry — Lava pours into the sea at Kupapa’u

Pāhoehoe — An active pāhoehoe breakout at Kupapa’u

Lavafalls — Lava from the Kilauea volcano enters the ocean at Kamokuna

Pāhoehoe — An active pāhoehoe breakout at Kupapaʻu

Pāhoehoe — An active pāhoehoe breakout at Kupapa’u

Hand of Lava — Lava from the Kilauea volcano enters the ocean at Kamokuna

Lavafalls — Lava from the Kilauea volcano enters the ocean at Kamokuna

61G lava flow ocean entry — The 61G lava flow ocean entry at Kamokuna under the light of a full Moon

Lavafalls — Lava from the Kilauea volcano enters the ocean at Kamokuna