"Descend through a lush rainforest to the solidified lava lake on the floor of Kīlauea Iki crater. Peer into the vent that erupted to a height of 1900 feet during the eruption of 1959, located below Pu‘u Pua‘i cinder cone."
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Ahu (Cairns) On The Lithified Kilauea Iki Trail Lava Lake, Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park
![Stacks of rocks perched on the cracked lithified rock of Kilauea Iki Trail lava lake, Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park](https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/sites/default/files/styles/panopoly_image_full/public/photos/potw/havo_rebeccalatson_u9a4660_ahu_on_the_lava_lake.jpg?itok=Uu90sGgR)
Rebecca Latson
Thursday, March 11, 2021
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