Black Sand Beach

Black Sand Beaches and lava flows.....

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December 23rd 2006
Hi everyone!! Today we went on a journey to the black sand beaches and Kilaheua volcano. Kilaheua is very active will many steam vents and hot molten lava lowing into the ocean. Unfortunately, the lava is about a mile long walk in the heat on a jagged lava path so I wasn't going with the kids. On the way to the volcano we stopped at a true black sand beach, it was really neat. Our drive took us t ... read more

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