West again - back at the steam plume
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I'm fascinated by these giant burst
bubbles
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It must have been like something from
hell when it was all hot!
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That looks like red cinder, something
readily available and cheap for easy
leveling of terrain
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An Ohia tree getting it's start
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Another popped bubble. Man!
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There's a house hiding in the trees
there
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The same house with it's driveway
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And then another section of road ahead
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There are still hearty souls out here
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And then back to lava again
That's the steam plume to the right of
the road
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I believe that's the green house with
red roof we keep seeing
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More die-hards building out here
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A nice stretch of road tapering back
into the lava trail. Steam plume dead
ahead.
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That's the end of the road where the
truck is parked. Steam plume in the
distance. Note the little white sign.
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That's red cinder that makes up this
road leading off the cul-de-sac at the
end of the main road. Note the sign.
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They've got to be kidding, right?
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This is the end of the "red" road. Well,
it is ocean front.
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Looking back up the road toward the
cul-de-sac, roughly 1/4 mile away
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Standing in the middle of the
cul-de-sac, start the panorama looking
WEST at the stream plume
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Kaimu-Kalapana Lava Flow Field drive again
They're piers for a house, by golly!
With a little luck it might weather a
small tsunami. Great view.
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Wait a minute! What's that over there?
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Driving back out - what's that white
mark?
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A GPS surveying benchmark. That's how
they're figuring out property lines because
any past reference was buried in lava..
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This hillside, by the way, is where the lava comes from. It's known as the East Rift Zone from Kilauea
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