Expeditions on Hawaii
Hawaii offers incredible possibilities to hike to active lava flows,
and observe the ongoing fight between the earths elements (fire and
water).
We did about 12 Expeditions to the lava fields of to Puu'o'o in the
last 6 years. Puu'o'o is the most active vent near Kilauea Caldera and
produces an average of 400'000 cubic metres of Lava every day. Most
of it flows down to the sea where the reaction of these interactive
forces can be seen from far away.
Franziska and I are not sure yet if our ongoing trip along the west
coast of the ring of fire (pacific plate) will bring us back to Hawaii
this year. But if so - it will be by March 2003.
Would You like to join us?
Click here, if You want to learn about our experience
of
hiking on Big Island of Hawaii.
Photo Gallery:
"Backdraft" Lava tube, Episode 52, Big Island Hawaii
We called this nice underground lavaflow "backdraft-flow" as
the lava causing that hump in the middle of the picture was
flowing upward. (Better to see on our film).
"Lavatube
and Sea Entrance", Episode 52
Collapsed surface above lavatube. The cloud in the back shows the
lava entering the sea about 4 miles to the east.
"Pumpkin
style" flow, Episode 55, Big Island Hawaii
Fast Lava flow close to the crater of puu'o'o showing how soft lava
can flow at its exit temperature of almost 1200 degrees celsius.
There is hundreds of stunning pictures of
the Hawaiian volcano Eruptions (Episodes 50-55)
in our photogallery. Contact us, if You are interested.
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Volcano film "Active Volcanos" around the
ring of fire
We just got started... - not to forget this is just our hobby -.
It needs a lot of time and a lot of money to produce a film
which is good enough for a discovery channel, but that is what
we are working on...
We gathered a lot of good film material in the last 6 years and by
the end of 2003 we hope to have enough background material for
a stunning film about volcanos around the "ring of fire".
At this stage I would like to thank again to all individuals and
especially all the scientists that helped gather information so far,
helped us learn about the behaviour of the volcanos that we
plan to visit and in particular many thanks for the interviews which
deliver great background information for our documentary.
