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January 25, 2006 - Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park

 

Thurston lava tube at Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park

 

 
James Besancon, Professor of Geology at Wellesley College, leads students across a crater at Mt. Kilauea   National Park cabin where the group stays at Pu'uhonua National Historical Park

 

Colored lava on the floor of the crater due to variations in mineral composition

 

 
    This Hawai'ian goose, Hawai'i's state bird (also referred to as a "Nene"), is endangered

 

Steam vents in the floor of the crater

 

Entrance to the Thurston lava tube

 

Punalu'u Black Sand Beach Park

 

 

 

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