Lava Tree by sharky_
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A little hike along one of the pit craters called Keanakako'i Crater. If you stayed on the trail, you would probably have missed these tree molds. Tree molds are formed when lava surrounds a tree, chills against it, and then drains away. The standing structure left behind is often called a lava tree. Here is a family of lava trees. Aloha and thank you for viewing
Comments (37)
I've been missing the fotos of your awesome home, Errol!! This is so great, yet another phenomenal way mother nature has of showing us who really rules this world!!
Excellent picture. It makes a tree golem! Cool! Todd
interesting.
Nice find Errol. BTW, my friend got off the hook. They decided not to prosecute them... Aloha
Fasincating lava formations Errol, thanks for sharing. Have a great weekend.
Errol, so glad to see you again! I was wondering when you'd be back. I love these lava trees. Are they solid in the center or do they actually make molds of the trees on the inside like the volcanic ash in Pompeii?
great image
PJ. Some of the lava trees that had fallen shows a hollow inside. Some of these structures stands about 15 ft or more in height indicating how high the lava flow was. Thanks for asking... Aloha
Fascinating stuff, Errol. We have the inverse here, holes in the lava flow where the trees were, called lava casts. Good to see you posting again.
great:)
Oh thats just so cool to see and learn.
Such interesting rock formations.....thanks for sharing!
Excellent shot. This one leaves me in awe that the lava climbed to those heights. Think about it...It was probably higher, that's where it cooled off at!!! Great work and Aloha.
We learn so much from your lava shots! Thanks for sharing an interesting subject and information~ Glad you're back too!
Marvellous! very exciting to see your adventures!
Excellent shot , interesting subject , thanks for sharing , Ana
They look like old gods standing in judgment! Excellent photo!!
Superb lava formations - ive never seen these before! Excellent capture Errol!!
fascinating shot, excellent view on our roaring earth! RS
Amazing shot... very unique view here. Nice photo!
Super shot, most informative, and kind of spooky. Never knew anything like this even existed. There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in our philosophy, Horatio.
Super Shot!!!
Fascinating! I've never heard of, much less seen anything like this! Very cool!
wow never seen these on tv . this is cool
I never knew that.I just thought the trees were burnt up as the lava passes.something I have not seen before.exceptional capture and subject
Great explanation of how these are formed, never seen or heard of them before, great capture
Silent sentinels is all that remains of the power of Pele as she marched through this area! Nicely shot Sharky! Aloha~
Very cool! Thanks for the info, and the fascinating photograph! I'd never heard of anything like that!
What an interesting photo this is. I've never heard of this type of thing so thanks for posting it and giving us a good geology lesson to go along with it.
BEAUTIFUL COMPO & CAPTURE :)