Talus Cones
Rock falls form talus cones along the north rim of Kīlauea Iki Crater which likes just east of Kilauea's Summit Caldera. Kīlauea Iki looks like a barren crater now but, in 1959, it was a seething lava lake filled with over 400' of molten rock. Lava fountained from vents in the crater up to 1,900 feet in the air. From my photos it is difficult to comprehend the scale of Kīlauea Iki. Its crater is a mile long, 3,000 feet across, and the floor is over 400 feet below the overlook from where I took this photo.
Talus Cones
Rock falls form talus cones along the north rim of Kīlauea Iki Crater which likes just east of Kilauea's Summit Caldera. Kīlauea Iki looks like a barren crater now but, in 1959, it was a seething lava lake filled with over 400' of molten rock. Lava fountained from vents in the crater up to 1,900 feet in the air. From my photos it is difficult to comprehend the scale of Kīlauea Iki. Its crater is a mile long, 3,000 feet across, and the floor is over 400 feet below the overlook from where I took this photo.