Would you spend a minimum $10,000 to run the Big Island’s famed annual Ironman Triathlon Championship in October? Perhaps if the money went to a trio of worthy charities, including two based in Hawaii? For a sixth year, Ironman is holding an eBay auction for six slots in the world’s premier triathlon. The minimum bid […]
The current eruption of Kilauea is bringing back old memories for me. I grew up on the Big Island of Hawaii. Mauna Loa awoke in the early morning hours 24 years ago this week, March 25, 1984. The 1984 eruption on the 13,680-foot volcano’s southeast flank produced a river of lava that came within four
We always knew Hawaii volcanoes were unprecedented. Hawaiian Volcano Observatory geologists have been analyzing the steam and gas plume that’s been gushing from Halemaumau crater at the summit of Kilauea since March 11th. They’ve found something they didn’t expect: the H2O in their test tubes is not from ground water. It’s been released from the
On Sunday night, “small incandescent particles” shot out of the 100-foot-wide vent at Halemaumau crater on the summit of Kilauea volcano, according to scientists at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. Geologists found “Pele’s hair” (thin strands of solidified lava) and “Pele’s tears” (droplets of lava rock) above the rim of Halemaumau this morning, indicating that molten
This just in from Steve and Donna O’Meara at the Volcano: After two days of fog, white-outs, rain and overcast conditions the weather cleared to the delight of visitors to Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii. This 9:20 AM view of visitors watching and the mighty steam plume was taken by Volcano Researcher, Stephen James O’Meara. Visible reddish-brown
These images are just in from Donna and Stephen O’Meara. They were snapped on the evening of March 19 and early morning March 20, of the Kilauea Volcano steam and ash eruption at Halemaumau Crater in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. As mentioned in our last eruption post, Donna and Stephen live in the Volcano Village
Inter-island air carrier Aloha Airlines Inc. filed for bankruptcy yesterday. For the second time since 2004. If you’ve got a ticket, don’t worry. Aloha Airlines is still flying its entire schedule, and is not canceling flights. Aloha’s airfares are also expected to remain on par with its competitors despite the Chapter 11 reorganization filing. Why
We’ve been mesmerized by the current eruptions at Kilauea Volcano—and it reminded us of a remarkable educational film we once saw in school. You have to love the Web. The film Eruption of Kilauea 1959-1960 still exists and has been restored. And it’s still remarkable. A half-century is nothing to a volcano: This film, put
HAWAII Magazine readers will remember Donna O’Meara of Volcano Watch International. In words and pictures, she commemorated the 25th anniversary of the current Kilauea eruption for our Jan./Feb. edition. O’Meara lives in Volcano. When we finally caught up with her on the phone, she’d had three hours sleep in the last four days, so mesmerized
Thought we’d share a couple of kid-friendly packages we recently found out about from the folks at the Big Island’s Mauna Lani Resort and ResortQuest Hawaii. The first is golf. Already home to a couple of top-ranked courses designed by Francis H. Ii Brown, the Mauna Lani resort recently opened a nine-hole golf course for
It’s official. The summit of Kilauea Volcano has erupted, says chief scientist Jim Kauahikaua at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. This is the first explosion in the crater since 1924, and the first eruption of any kind there since 1982. On Tues. at 2:58 a.m., a small gas explosion in the wall of Halemaumau crater, sent small
I’ve stood at the edge of the huge crater at the summit of Kilauea Volcano on the Big Island many times over the last 28 years, but I’ve never seen anything like what I saw yesterday and last night. Halemaumau Crater has long been rather placid, with only various small vents of steam and gas
