The Hawaii Volcanoes National Park in the U.S.
Nowhere else can you watch the volcanic better than on the "Big Iceland" of Hawaii. For Hawaii Volcanoes National Park are just two of the active volcanoes in the world. Until now enters here from the depths of the ocean floor lava to the surface.
shape on the southeast coast of the main island of the volcanoes Mauna Loa (about 4170 feet) and Kilauea (just under 1250 meters), with its eruptions, the landscape again and again. These two active volcanoes spit out at relatively short intervals glowing lava which pours into the sea and the island has increased in the last 30 years by 81 hectares.
In popular belief, the eruptions are explained by the vagaries of the fire
goddess Pele. For geologists, the eruptions are not just a huge, impressive natural spectacle, but also an important object of study. The Mauna Loa was built over time, layer upon layer of solidified lava. The slopes of the active Kilauea provide a good insight into the different types of volcanic vegetation.
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