KAPOHO, Hawaii Island (HawaiiNewsNow) - This week, HVO geologists measured temperatures and documented rock layers exposed as sections of Highway 132 are “ripped” by road crews. Construction ...

One story about how the lava cave was first located involved the children of loggers. They climbed down a rope and dropped to the bottom of the first lava falls 40-feet deep.

Cooled lava rock is initially sterile because it emerges from the earth at temperatures hotter than 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit, far too hot for life to survive.By collecting weekly samples on the ...