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Additional Pictures

Date: 6/10/99

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THUMBNAIL NAME REMARKS DEPTH
UN_DaveandJim_1.jpg Dave and Jim work diligently, taking specific gravity data from every box of core. 0 - 0
UN_Jimwritingdata_1.jpg Jim carefully copies down the specific gravities to be plotted and graphed later. 0 - 0
UN_FieldTripDiscussion_1.jpg Mike Garcia leads a group discussion on hyaloclastite at a beach near Kalapana during our field trip. 0 - 0
UN_JimandDaveatBeach_1.jpg Jim and Dave continue their specific gravity discussion at the beach. 0 - 0
UN_DougSupport_1.jpg Super-volunteer Doug Hutcheon single-handedly supports an enormous basalt overhang. 0 - 0
UN_FranDylanJim_1.jpg Fran, Dylan and Jim analyze the basalt wall that Doug graciously holds for them. 0 - 0
UN_LittoralCone_1.jpg A littoral, formed by the violent, explosive interaction that occurs when a lava flow meets the ocean. 0 - 0
UN_RachelAngieFran_1.jpg Angie, Rachel and Fran atop the littoral cone with the steam from the ocean entry behind them. 0 - 0
UN_AngieJimFran_1.jpg Angie, Jim and Fran stand on a recent lava flow with the ocean entry in the background. 0 - 0
UN_OceanEntry_1.jpg An upclose shot of the ocean entry. This entry is fed by lava tube that flows underground. 0 - 0
UN_MikeOnBench_1.jpg Mike cautiously treds out on a lava bench toward the ocean entry. Benches are deltas formed by cooled, hardened lava at an ocean entry. 0 - 0
UN_Sulfur_1.jpg This sulfur stalactite was sampled by Mike to determined how it formed . . . . Don’t eat it! 0 - 0
UN_Spatter_1.jpg Mike also retrieved this minute old spatter formed by the ocean entry. 0 - 0
UN_Pali_1.jpg Remnants of new flows can be seen on this pali. 0 - 0
UN_GroupPhoto_1.jpg A group photo in front of the entry. 0 - 0
UN_LavaOozing_1.jpg Lava oozes through two holes that Dave had just punched through with a rock hammer. 0 - 0
UN_DougScooping_1.jpg Doug scoops fresh lava with a rock hammer. 0 - 0
UN_RopesForming_1.jpg This picture shows just how ropey pahoehoe forms. The brightest part of the fresh lava is about 1,100 degrees celcius. 0 - 0
UN_MorePahoehoe_1.jpg More ropey pahoehoe forming as it breaks through previously hardened lava. Jim estimated that 5 cubic meters of this lava flows down the tube every second! 0 - 0
UN_EntryAtDusk_1.jpg One last look at the brilliant orange light created by the ocean entry at dusk. 0 - 0