Halemaumau Crater
by Heidi Fickinger
Title
Halemaumau Crater
Artist
Heidi Fickinger
Medium
Photograph - Photographic Print
Description
This is an image of the Halemaʻumaʻu Crater, which is a one of the active portions of the Kīlauea Volcano on the Big Island in Hawai'i. This crater is in the Hawai;i Volcano National Park and since the crater re-opened in 2008, has given us here glorious displays of its power and beauty. The crater contains a lava lake that is in continuous movement, with ripples that cross its surface as well as fountains of lava along the rim of the lake against the cliffs. The result is a fantastic, otherworldly glow that rises from the crater at night, illuminating a nearly constant plume of steam and volcanic gas emissions sailing into the night sky. From the Jaggar Museum and observatory overlook, you can often time hear hisses, rumbles and booms as the lava roils in its crater.
In Hawaiian mythology, the fire goddess Pele, lives in all volcanoes of the Islands and this area is sacred to Hawaiians.
Featured in the following FAA Group Galleries:
* The Best Photo Album
* Hawaiiana
* Music CD Cover Designs
* Art for Landscape Photography
* Best of the National Parks
* Artist's Best Photograph
* Strictly Neon
* No Place Like Home
* What the Interrobang
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April 28th, 2018
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Morris Finkelstein
Stunning and timely photograph of an active volcanic eruption, with great colors, timing, light and shadows, and composition, Heidi! Great series of photos! F/L
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