Explore Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
A drive through the park takes you past oceans of iridescent black rock. It's a little eerie but the sci-fi landscape will take your breath away
Clambering over the sheet (or pahoehoe) lava is half the fun of exploring the dark landscape.Catherine Dawson March/The Globe and Mail
Inside the Jaggar Museum at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Warren Costa of Native Hawaii Guide explains the creation myth of the islands.Catherine Dawson March/The Globe and Mail
Continual eruptions in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park can make roads impassable.Catherine Dawson March/The Globe and Mail
The Ohia tree is the first plant to grow in the cracks of hardened lava.Catherine Dawson March/The Globe and Mail
The Ohelo berry bush, a plant sacred to Pele the volcano goddess, grows amid the cinder and dead wood of an old eruption.Catherine Dawson March/The Globe and Mail
The swirls and puddles of hardend lava create a bleak landscape but, hundreds of years later, it will be covered by lush tropical growth.Catherine Dawson March/The Globe and Mail
Lava from Kilauea Volcano meets the sea on Hawaii Island.