HAWAIIAN VOLCANIC CAVES

Photographs taken by Rob Ratkowski.

Left photo: Steam cave entrance. - Right photo: Halemaumau.

Left photo: Kilauea lava flow. - Right photo: Lava field.

Left photo: Post rift cave. - Right photo: Lava flow.

Left photo: Kilauea Caldera. - Right photo: Steam Cave, Kilauea.

Left photo: Eureka Falls Plunge Pool. - Right photo: Kazumura Cave Passage.

Left photo: Red scalloped lava. - Right photo: Epperson Lava Cave.

Left photo: Inspecting the cave. - Right photo: Cave passage.

Left photo: Cave "straws." - Right photo: Steam cave algae.
Left photo: Steam cave. - Right photo: Crinkle lava flow.
Left photo: Red falls. - Right photo: Below the steam layer.

Left photo: Maheihei Cave, Maui. - Right photo: Skylight Falls of Kazumura - Olaa Cave System (lava tube), Hawaii.
Left photo: Maelstrom Tube, Big Island. - Right photo: Harry's Canyon, Kazumura.
VolcanoWorld wishes to thank Rob Ratkowski for generously sharing his photographs.
All photographs copyright@2001, Rob Ratkowski.
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