Different layers of lava at the base of Mount Mauna Loa
	The crater of Mount Kilauea
	The "core" crater (i.e. Caldera) of Mount Kilauea.
	The "Craters Chain Road" was interrupted by a 1995 eruption. Mount Kilauea has been active incessantly since 1983.
	Lava entering the sea. 400,000 m3 (14 million ft3) are entering the sea on a daily basis
	There are two types of lava: the highly fluid and smooth lava we see here and the very rubbly lava we saw on the very first picture
	Devastation Trail
	Giant lava tube
	On the other side of the interrupted Craters Chain Road one can access the lava stream as close as 100 m (328 ft) passing the fresh lava fields
	Tourism the US way. I was actually astonished that I didn't have to sign a five page waiver of all rights anybody could impossibly think of
	The lava cools in amazing formations
	Close to the active lava stream. Now the lava is only dripping (one could actually see it), but there are times when the lava flows like a river with speeds faster than that of a cyclist
	A car didn't make it out fast enough
	The lava was as fluid to flow around the fence
	On the southmost point of the US (Ka Lae - South Cape)
	Rainbow Falls close to Hilo
	Pe'epe'e Falls close to Hilo
	Akaka Falls, yes you've guessed it right: close to Hilo
	Mount Mauna Kea (4,205m, 13,796 ft) as seen from the saddle road
	Skiers and snowboarders on top of Mauna Kea on Christmas Eve, i.e. we had sort of "White Christmas"
	Mauna Kea is The place for observatories: low pollution (light, smog)
	View across to Mauna Loa (4,169m, 13,679 ft)
	Driving up on gravel roads (forbidden to rental cars) is easy, as the gravel road is well groomed and about as wide as an Interstate Highway. However, after having driven up from sea level you want to be careful about not moving to fast or your you'll experience the effect of the altitude very quickly
	Waipi'o Valley
	A quick stop on the driving range on the way home
	King Kamehameha statue in Kapa'au. This was the original which was lost in a storm close to the Falkland Islands (or Malvinas, if you are from Argentina) and which was recovered miraculously only after a copy was built. The copy now stands in Honolulu.
	Samuel M. Spencer Beach Park (Kawaihae Bay) on Christmas Day
	A Luau in the garden of our hotel (King Kamehameha's Kona Beach Hotel)
	ditto. The stage of the Luau is actually next to a real historical site (King Kam's study room: Ahu'ena Heiau)
	Ahu'ena Heiau (which is in the hotel park)
	The King Kam hotel is also next to the official start and finish of the Hawaii Ironman Triathlon. What an honor to stand here!
	Terminal at Kona International Airport. Front: main waiting lounge, back: Gates. This is the final proof that weather is mostly good in Hawaii (at least on the lee side of the volcanoes).