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Flowers on the Kona coast, on the Big Island

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View from the drive between Kona and Hilo

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Hiking around Volcanoes National Park: crater within a crater

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Steaming vents

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Edge of the big crater - we hiked partway around the top, then came back along the bottom

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View of the mountain

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Lots of amazing flowers along the crater

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These orchids were everywhere

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A view of a smaller crater, which we crossed

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Hiking down...

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and across...

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More vents

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Pia & me at the end of the like

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Lava

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Our snorkel spot

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Vents near the visitor center in Volcanoes National Park

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Lots of sulfur

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Breakfast together

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Going up Mauna Loa, amazing lava formations

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Part of the Mauna Loa group

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View from Mauna Loa

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More lava...

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View from my room on Coconut Island (Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology)