Big Island Pit Crater (Patreon)

These are some images from our trip to the Hawaii last winter that I almost forgot to share! We visited Volcanos National Park, and this was one of the few attractions we found that happened to be secluded that afternoon. I didn't really understand how this intriguing cavity developed so I did some research. According to Hawaiianislands.com, "pit craters form from underground fractures produced by the settling of a volcano or from magma expansion, earthquakes, or other stresses. These fractures can continue expanding upwards toward the surface, their roofs progressively collapsing. Eventually, the overlying rock destabilizes and caves in, opening the pit crater."

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