Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park is open 24 hours a day year-round.
HOURS
- Kilauea Visitor Center is open daily from 7:45 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- Jaggar Museum is open daily from 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
- Jaggar Museum Bookstore is open daily from 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
ENTRANCE FEES
- $15.00 per vehicle - good for 7 days
- $5.00 per individual - good for 7 days
- $25.00 Hawai`i Tri-park Annual Pass - Allows access for 1 full year from date of first use at Hawai`i Volcanoes, Haleakala, and Pu`uhonua o Honaunau National Parks.
Help to Plan Your Visit!
Kamapua'a, a deity of cloud, rain, forest and numerous other body forms, is said to have stood on this cliff while offering his love to Pele, the woman of fire.
Pele replied to Kamapua'a's calls with insults. He was so enraged that he started to fight with Pele. The battle of fire, forest and rain lasted for a great length of time until the two deities were weakened. Kamapau'a only saved himself from the last bit of Pele's fire by taking an Ama'uma'u (Sadleria) fern body and surrounding Kilauea. This is also why Pele's home, the pit crater on the floor of Kilauea is called 'Halema'uma'u' (House surrounded by the Ama'uma'a fern).
- Ancient Hawaiian Legend
A fumarole (Latin fumus, smoke), or steam vent, is an opening in a planet's crust, often in the neighborhood of volcanoes, which emits steam and gases such as carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, hydrogen chloride, and hydrogen sulfide. The steam is created when superheated water turns to steam as its pressure drops when it emerges from the ground. The name solfatara, from the Italian solfo, sulfur (via the Sicilian dialect), is given to fumaroles that emit sulfurous gases. 1
Fumaroles may occur along tiny cracks or long fissures, in chaotic clusters or fields, and on the surfaces of lava flows and thick deposits of pyroclastic flows. A fumarole field is an area of thermal springs and gas vents where magma or hot igneous rocks at shallow depth are releasing gases or interacting with groundwater. From the perspective of groundwater, fumaroles could be described as a hot spring that boils off all its water before the water reaches the surface. 1
In order to log this cache, you need to answer the following questions. Please do not answer in your log notes, but through a message to me through my profile (email must arrive within 24 hours of your log posting or your log will be deleted):
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Please estimate the temperature of the steam arising from the vents.
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Does the steam have any particular odor?
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What type of ground is believed to be under your feet when you stand at the steam vents?
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Why are there few trees in this area?
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OPTIONAL: Submit a picture of the steam vents - bonus points if your photo contains members of your party. Photo should be submitted with your cache log!
Mahalo!!
Kateriana
Official Website: Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
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1 - Wikipedia
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