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Big Island lava flow to get public viewing area

posted by: Derek Paiva on Thu Mar 06, 2008 at 03:51 PM County officials are hoping to open an access road that will allow visitors to safely view a Big Island lava flow by Saturday.  More

"Lava House" resident on Anthony Bourdain show OK

posted by: Derek Paiva on Wed Mar 05, 2008 at 03:09 PM Reader Joy Jones asks about Jack Thompson, one of the last remaining residents in the Big Island’s lava-inundated Royal Gardens subdivision. Her main concern: Was Thompson OK, and was his home still standing?  More

Historic Hawaii volcano video

posted by: Derek Paiva on Mon Jan 21, 2008 at 05:30 PM Look at this vintage film I found—eruptions at Kilauea volcano in 1959 and 1960. Both eruptions were significant.   More

Want more coral? Go Big Island

posted by: Derek Paiva on Fri Jan 18, 2008 at 04:20 PM The Big Island has more coral in the waters near its shores than any other major Hawaiian island.  More

Kilauea lava flow advances toward Big Island homes

posted by: Derek Paiva on Thu Jan 10, 2008 at 04:21 PM A finger of lava from Kilauea’s quarter-century old eruption crept to within a mile of the Big Island’s Royal Gardens subdivision this morning.  More

Still flowing after all these years

posted by: Derek Paiva on Fri Jan 04, 2008 at 04:35 PM Just after midnight on Jan. 3, 1983, molten lava began pouring from a freshly-opened crack in a thick ohia forest a few miles east of Kilauea volcano's summit. It hasn’t stopped since.  More