Hawaiian Volcanoes: Beauty & Terror


	Hawaiian Volcanoes: Beauty & Terror
amgumen
12-23-2007 6:28 PM
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12-25-2007 5:15 AM
syncopath
Wow. Nature - the beauty and the mist .. -))
12-25-2007 6:43 AM
benzillar
remarkable beautiful.
12-25-2007 7:34 AM
triggermanjoey
I think the one with the vehicle in not in Hawaii. I saw that pic also at Mt. Pinatubo philippines.
12-25-2007 11:32 AM
ragots
awesome.
12-26-2007 12:52 AM
nuthouse
what amazing pictures thanks for sharing them
12-26-2007 11:24 AM
graycharli
Beautiful and scary!
Great shots!
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The lava tongues and "tentacles" may look solid but often they remain incredibly hot and unstable for long time. </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/11/hawaiian-volcanoes-beauty-terror.html"><DIV>Like alien bread dough they creep forward, quickly cooling off and adding perplexing shapes here and there. The imaginary sequel to "The Blob" movie could certainly use such visuals:</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/11/hawaiian-volcanoes-beauty-terror.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.darkroastedblend.com/img/3E838964-621B-4125-B18B-1CA95386D663" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/11/hawaiian-volcanoes-beauty-terror.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.darkroastedblend.com/img/CAC32AE1-49A3-4F7D-BD65-9AE6B731F356" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/11/hawaiian-volcanoes-beauty-terror.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.darkroastedblend.com/img/46E3225A-34FF-4BC2-A633-F78B6A632926" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/11/hawaiian-volcanoes-beauty-terror.html"><DIV>A creeping lava tongue... A fiery waterfall curtain...</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/11/hawaiian-volcanoes-beauty-terror.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.darkroastedblend.com/img/11F99F66-BB12-4B09-A1DD-4F2DA449444F" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/11/hawaiian-volcanoes-beauty-terror.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.darkroastedblend.com/img/513B70EA-2768-4251-B44E-E93D60849838" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/11/hawaiian-volcanoes-beauty-terror.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.darkroastedblend.com/img/ED8454E7-6D2D-4153-9745-72F4751E94EB" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/11/hawaiian-volcanoes-beauty-terror.html"><DIV>Such openings are called "skylights", offering a view into a hellish kingdom below:</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/11/hawaiian-volcanoes-beauty-terror.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.darkroastedblend.com/img/54DAC36D-BB08-49C9-8272-9348BFC070EB" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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