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The only place where one could watch hot lava up close almost every day with reasonable safety used to be Kalapana, on the Big Island of Hawaii. The trip involved driving to Kalapana and then leaving the car behind in the free county parking lot at the start of the lava trail for the last couple of miles of the trip.
Today’s lava report: Red hot lava in Kalapana is not visible right now. People who visit the Kalapana lava trail area these days do it to see unique formations of hardened lava, or to ask Goddess Pele (e.g. for good luck or success). Some hot lava might be visible inside the Kilauea Crater, in the Hawaiian Volcanoes National Park, located in Volcano. Please check the Park's Web Site for the latest details. Another location is Mauna Loa which just started to erupt. In Kalapana, however, all the red lava is t
One of the places one can still visit in Kalapana is the Hot Foot lava exhibit (tel. 808-938-7842) near Gate 1 in Kalapana. It's run by Gary Sleik, whose photos grace our temporary web site. You can order Gary's lava photos online at Fine Art America (link) .