Volcanoes National Park, Big Island, Hawaii

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This lava flow is quite fresh- 1982.  Life is already struggling to get a foothold here.  It's brutal- this part of the crater does not get as much rain, and it's hot in the daytime with the black lava holding the sun's heat, and it's very windy.
©2007, Jeffrey L. Cooper