Work crews have made great progress restoring Highway 132 from Pohoiki Road to Four Corners. Still more sand has been deposited at Pohoiki Bay, making the beach less of a crescent shape. But perhaps most interesting are the changes that continue to reshape Halemaumau Crater and Kilauea Caldera. … More 8/21/19 Hwy 132 , Pohoiki, Water in Halemaumau (VIDEO)
It’s been about two months since our last overflight, and as expected, there’s no visible eruptive activity to report. Isolated areas of the eruption zone continue to degas, but much of the vegetation downwind of the rift is coming back to life. 🙂 Access to the Puna Geothermal Venture facility has been restored, as a … More Lava Update | January 25, 2019
November 20, 2018 Mackenzie-Pohoiki Road from Mick Kalber on Vimeo. A brand new road connecting the red road from Mackenzie to Pohoiki is now complete. Numerous sea arches and black sand beaches dot the coastline from Mackenzie to Kapoho… some of the nicest new beaches are along the sea cliffs of Mackenzie at the beginning … More November 20, 2018 – Mackenzie-Pohoiki Road (VIDEO)
The County of Hawaii recently completed the restoration of vehicular access to Pohoiki for residents and landowners, and while it remains closed to the general public, the road is beautiful! Below are photos of the road, and a few other areas we visited during our overflight.
October 16, 2018 Halemaumau!!! from Mick Kalber on Vimeo. October 16, 2018 Halemaumau!!! We got our first close up look at the newly remodeled Halemaumau Crater at Kilauea’s summit this morning… and she is absolutely stunning! Halemaumau has grown to over a mile wide… and is somewhere in the neighborhood of 15-hundred feet deep. There … More October 16, 2018 – Halemaumau!!! (VIDEO)
