Lava-Nature's Looking Glass

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park was our last tour. It seemed we had come to a magical place that reflected all the beauty of the island. We stood in awe of the devastation and power of creation. Mother Earth's workshop if you will; and lava her medium. A wondrous place for whimsical dreaming...of mythical dragons that seemed to lie amid the rubble. ... and of quiet reflection on life and beauty... death and rebirth.


Long ridges like these appeared to be the scaly backbones of a sleeping dragons...	...or skeletons of dinosaurs that met a fiery end.

Deep purple, red and orange are easily seen in this striated lava. Yet at closer inspection, iridescent hues of every color are visible.	Rope like pahoehoe resemble the roots of the banyan tree and of so many plants we saw on the island.

This lava revels a pattern like the backs of sea turtles and of sun kissed water.	Like puzzle pieces waiting to be pushed together, this pahoehoe reminded us of the infinite number of ocean waves.

Lava-Nature's Looking Glass

Long ridges like these appeared to be the scaly backbones of a sleeping dragons...

...or skeletons of dinosaurs that met a fiery end.

Deep purple, red and orange are easily seen in this striated lava. Yet at closer inspection, iridescent hues of every color are visible.

Rope like pahoehoe resemble the roots of the banyan tree and of so many plants we saw on the island.

This lava revels a pattern like the backs of sea turtles and of sun kissed water.

Like puzzle pieces waiting to be pushed together, this pahoehoe reminded us of the infinite number of ocean waves.