Big Island, Crater Walk

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Our fearless leader... was an excellent guide.
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Lost in a crowd of people inside the crater....hmmmmm
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I liked the peacock luminescence of some of the lava.
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"Do I have to follow all those people?"
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and different textures
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"Do I REALLY have to follow all those people?"
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ahhh, alone again~~~
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How excited I was to find olivene, which actually may be peridot! I didn't realize it came from volcanoes? Pretty cool!
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olivene from the crater
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This is good.
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It took over 30 years for this lava lake to cool. One time, when they were doing a sample to get the temp, they pushed the core sampler down and it started a whole new eruption. That would be an "Oooppps" wouldn't you think?
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I think it took a little bit of force to push this one up.
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green in the glass desert.
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