Thurston Lava Tube

Inside Thurston Lava Tube in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

I visited Hawaii Volcanoes National Park recently, with friends from the mainland, and towards the end of our visit we stopped by Thurston Lava Tube. These days the tube is known as Nāhuku, which means “the protuberances” in Hawaiian. There aren’t any protuberances in the tube these days, but it’s still fun to walk the dimly lit tube, imagining magma rushing through it, until the eruption stopped and the tube drained.

Inside Thurston Lava Tube in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

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      1. kzmcb's avatarkzmcb

        I completely agree. I kept trying to imagine the formation process so that I could explain it to others, then looking at the enormity of the tunnels and imagining the quantities. Volcanoes are long extinct in Australia, unlike your neck of the woods.

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        1. Graham's avatarGraham Post author

          The island is riddled with tubes and they can be dangerous. People wandering around off the trail can fall through thin ceilings and disappear!

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    1. Graham's avatarGraham Post author

      It was great to visit with you again. I’m glad you had a good time and I hope you enjoyed the rest of your stay here. I never tire of visiting the park. There’s always something of interest down there.

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