| (115) The smoke on the pali in relation to where I'm headed next: Royal Gardens. I want to see if I can get over that ridge. |
| (122) |
| (123) Looking back from Royal Ave. |
| (125) A fair weather rainbow! |
| (125) Getting up higher, fast! |
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Lava Ocean Entry - Kaimu end - at night - again!
| December 17, 2006 |
| We had a couple of people from the Mainland, Mark and Norma Jean, who wanted to see the lava ocean entry so I got volunteered to guide them out. We got a late start, after 5:00 PM, so it got dark when we were only about half way there. "Lava View Point 2" is where the following photos were taken from. "Lava Overlook" was where I took the pictures on 12/9. |
| (115) I got up on a high spot and took a picture of the plume and the "skylite" (left foreground) |
| Jct. Royal Ave. & Orchid St. looking north along Royal |
| Jct. Royal Ave. & Orchid St. looking west along Orchid |
| Jct. Royal Ave. & Orchid St. looking south along Royal |
| (127) looking south, getting higher. The street is really steep! I'm having to rest every 50 feet or so! |
| (127) looking north up the hill. Note the wild mama pig and her two little babies in the center of the picture. Stop sign past them up the hill. |
| Jct. Royal Ave. & Paradise St. looking east along Paradise |
| Jct. Royal Ave. & Paradise St. looking south along Royal |
| Jct. Royal Ave. & Plumeria St. looking east along Plumeria |
| A shot from the Wal-Mart parking lot of Mauna Kea over Hilo on a clear day. |
| Getting out the car, this is what we see at the end of the road. It's already dark enough to see the glow of the lava on the pali. |
| It was already dark when we got there, so I just set up and started shooting. I didn't even really know where we were relative to anything until I got home and was able to plot the GPS coordinates in Google Earth. |
| This time, I zoomed back a little more and tried to catch the ocean and actual lava in the view. |
| These shots were taken with no zoom at all. |
Lava Ocean Entry - Kaimu - again! Daytime & Royal Gardens
| December 20, 2006 |
| The last time I was out at the ocean entry, I lost a part to my camera tripod. Since I had the GPS coordinates to where I had set up that night, I decided to take a quick hike out to see if I couldn't find it. I also wanted to see if I could get up into Royal Gardens where I wanted to get up over the ridge to see what's on the other side. I left that car parking area at around 1:30 in the afternoon and set out at a good clip - I had a lot of ground to cover. By the way, the road shown from "Way end of rd." that connects to Royal Ave. does not exist, nor do the roads in Royal Gardens that are in the black areas. The black areas are lava that covers everything. |
| The usual look-around as I start out... |
| The plume as I approach |
| This shot is taken without zoom from the spot I set up at the other night. |
| ("Street") This is the beginning of Royal Ave. |
| Jct. Royal Ave. & Orchid St. looking east along Orchid |
| Jct. Royal Ave. & Paradise St. looking north along Royal |
| Jct. Royal Ave. & Plumeria St. |
| Jct. Royal Ave. & Plumeria St. Wild pig tracks on Royal Ave. |
| (Turn back) It's getting dark, the road is steep and I don't know how friendly those pigs are. |
| (129) Heading back down the hill |
| (130) Both plumes, East Ka'ili'ili on the left and East Lae'apuki on the right |
| The East Lae'apuki plume |
| After coming down the hill from Royal Gardens, I decided to walk over toward where the lava was showing on the hill. As I walked, I could feel drafts of hot air accompanied by the smell of sulphur - not coming from the lava ahead, but from cracks and vents nearby. Finally, I decided to stop and turn back. It was 7:00 and dark. I had been hiking for 5 1/2 hours and had covered 6 1/2 miles and it was over 2 miles back to the car. It was time to go home. I set up and took some pictures before packing up and heading home at almost a jog. I was over tired and traveling way too fast but I was anxious to get back. As a result, just 100 yards from the car, I slipped and fell, peeling off a good patch of skin off my right arm (see "Crash" on the map). |
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