This is what happens when some of the newest land on Earth suddenly splits off and falls into to the ocean. Volcano watchers Steven and Donna O’Meara were at the Puna coastline last week when at least 3 large benches of freshly hardened lava collapsed into the Pacific. The collapses occurred over four hours on […]
The photos are real—Hawaii surfer C.J. Kanuha paddling to within 20 feet of Kilauea volcano lava entering the ocean off the Big Island’s Puna coastline. The water is boiling hot—almost 400 degrees F. It burned Kanuha’s feet, peeled his skin, and melted the wax on his surfboard. The shots—by photographer Kirk Lee Aeder, from a
It’s a bit quieter this morning at Kilauea volcano. Or at least business as usual again. But our friends on Hawaii’s Big Island, volcano watchers Steve and Donna O’Meara, are always at work—trudging out to wherever the action is and documenting it with their cameras. They’ve been especially busy the last few days, with Kilauea
Earthquakes, explosions and lava fountains! Oh, my! After a couple of business-as-usual months at Kilauea—steam and ash plumes at the summit, lava flowing into the sea—the volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island is showboating again. Just after midnight this morning, a couple of “small explosion-like” quakes rocked the summit area of Halemaumau crater vent, according to
Father Damien de Veuster—the 19th century Belgian priest who ministered to leprosy patients on Molokai before dying of the disease—will be named a saint. To become a saint, you need to instigate two miracles. Today, Pope Benedict XVI approved a second miracle linked to the intercession of Father Damien—the final step in canonization. Honolulu resident
As we posted back in March, Pat Sajak, Vanna White and, presumably, all the vowels money can buy are packed up and coming to Hawaii. Wheel of Fortune films on Hawaii’s Big Island on September 12, 13, 15 and 16. The top-rated syndicated game show will be filming four weeks of episodes in four days,
Hawaii decathlete Bryan Clay— a 1998 graduate of Oahu’s Castle High School— is bound for the Olympics again, this time as a record-holder. Clay earned his ticket to Beijing by earning 8,832 points in the U.S. Olympic track and field trials yesterday—a new record for the competition and the highest score from an American athlete
Lots of HawaiiMagazine.com readers still click daily on our February post titled, “What happened to Flumin’ Da Ditch kayak tours?” The answer remains: It’s closed due to damages caused by the November 2006 Big Island earthquake, under repair, and currently doesn’t have a re-opening date. But that doesn’t mean there’s no ditch flumin’ going on
Eddie would go. Perhaps you saw or heard the phrase somewhere here in Hawaii. On a t-shirt. On a bumpersticker. Maybe somebody even told you a story about the saying’s namesake, Eddie Aikau. Aikau was a noted big wave surfer and lifeguard, part of the crew for the Hawaiian long-distance voyaging canoe Hokulea’s second voyage,
Can you believe these photos? Yes, it’s Matt Damon—shooting scenes for his next movie at Oahu’s Makaha Valley Country Club earlier this week. The cheap aloha shirt, post disco-era ‘stache and serious paunch? All part of his character. People’s current Sexiest Man Alive is playing real-life whistleblower Mark Whitacre in director Steven Soderbergh’s thriller The
HawaiiMagazine.com reader Ashley Rath, halfway around the world in Hertfordshire, England, made my morning. Ashley wrote: Aloha Derek! The slideshow you posted this weekend of John Heckathorn’s and David Croxford’s visit to Hawi on Hawaii’s Big Island was, in a word, gorgeous. It was just what I needed on yet another rainy Saturday afternoon in
The United States Olympic Women’s Soccer Team will have a Hawaii player on the pitch when it defends its 2004 gold medal in Beijing in August. Former University of Hawaii soccer star Natasha Kai today became the first-ever female player from Hawaii selected for a U.S. Olympic team in the sport. The U.S. Women’s National
