Up, up, up the mountain to see the Mauna Loa Silversword. It was not in bloom, but it was nice to see one to compare to the other Silverswords seen on this trip. You can see Halemaumau crater in the background.
Back to the Jaggar Museum to go into the Museum during the day and see the Halemaumau Crater during the day./
Down the Chain of Craters Road to see....well, craters! Here is a big one. You can only see ab out 1/2 way down in this picture.
Prof. Dempsey is talking about the Metrosideros polymorpha. He talks about this plant a lot...well, we see it a lot. It is the #1 plant in Hawaii!
Students are checking out some pahoehoe lava and a'a lava. A'a lava is the chunky lava. Pahoehoe is the smooth looking lava.
We went down south the Sea Arch. Along the way, we stop to look at some plants and some geology. This is a marker that Dr. Millwood pointed out a few years ago. It is a marker that scientists know the GPS of and the elevation of.
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