Archive for the ‘Destinations’ Category

Hawaii Volcanoes–Entering the Caldera of Fire

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

Bob Freer asked: Hawaii volcanoes are known as "shield" volcanoes, gently sloping mountains produced from a lot of very wet, fast-moving lava flows. Each Hawaiian island is made up of at least one primary volcano.When you move along the island chain from the south, where volcanoes are active, to the ...

Hawaii’s Living Volcanoes–Exploring Life in the Caldera of Fire

Friday, September 11th, 2009

Bob Freer asked: Hawaii volcanoes are known as "shield" volcanoes, gently sloping mountains produced from a lot of very wet, fast-moving lava flows. Each Hawaiian island is made up of at least one primary volcano.When you move along the island chain from the south, where volcanoes are active, to the ...

Hawaii Volcano Helicopter Tour

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009

Chris Chew asked: The many islands of Hawaii were the evolution of a series of spectacular volcanic explosions and activities millions of years ago. Some of the volcanoes in Hawaii are still active volcanoes such as the Kilauea Volcano, on south-eastern part of the Big Island, is still spitting hot ...