Dominated by the large shield volcanoes Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea, more than 4000 m high, the largest island of the Hawai'ian archipelago is still growing. Lava flows from the East Rift Zone (Kīlauea volcano) continuously reach the coast and form new land.

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Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa
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Mauna Kea
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Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea
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Mauna Kea | Summit area
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Mauna Kea | Observatories
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Mauna Kea | Observatories
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Mauna Kea | Observatories
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Mauna Kea | Submillimeter Array
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Mauna Kea | Summit area
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Mauna Kea | Summit area
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Mauna Kea | Pu'u Poli'ahu
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Mauna Kea | Pu'u Lilinoe
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Hualālai Volcano
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Mauna Kea | Cinder cones and Mauna Loa
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Mauna Kea Road and Mauna Loa
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Mauna Kea | Warning sign
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Saddle | Lava flow with tree ferns
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Saddle | 'Ōhelo 'ai
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Saddle Road
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Honomū | Road and farmland
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Honomu | 'Akaka Falls
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Waterfalls near Hilo
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Hilo Bay and Mauna Kea
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Kohala Mountains
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Waimea | Dryland
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Highway 190 and Hualālai Volcano
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Hōnaunau | St. Benedict's Catholic Church
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Pu'uhonua O Hōnaunau
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South Point | Cattle ranch
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South Point
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Punalu'u Black Sand Beach
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Punalu'u Black Sand Beach | Green sea turtle
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Pāhoa | Forest
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Pāhoa | Lava Tree State Monument
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Highway 11 | Warning sign
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Hawai'i Volcanoes NP | Steam Bluffs
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Hawai'i Volcanoes NP | Halema'uma'u Crater
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Hawai'i Volcanoes NP | Halema'uma'u Crater
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Hawai'i Volcanoes NP | Halema'uma'u Crater
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Hawai'i Volcanoes NP | Kīlauea Iki and Mauna Loa
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Hawai'i Volcanoes NP | Tree fern and Kīlauea Iki
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Hawai'i Volcanoes NP | 'Ōhi'a lehua
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Hawai'i Volcanoes NP | 'Ōhi'a lehua and Mauna Ulu
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Hawai'i Volcanoes NP | Mauna Ulu
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Hawai'i Volcanoes NP | Lava flows
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Hawai'i Volcanoes NP | Lava flows
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Hawai'i Volcanoes NP | Lava flows
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Hawai'i Volcanoes NP | Pahoehoe lava
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Hawai'i Volcanoes NP | Coastline
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Hawai'i Volcanoes NP | Coastline
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Hawai'i Volcanoes NP | Hōlei Sea Arch
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Hawai'i Volcanoes NP | Chain of Craters Road
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Hawai'i Volcanoes NP | Chain of Craters Road
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East Rift Zone | Pu'u 'Ō'ō
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East Rift Zone | Island in lava flows
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East Rift Zone | Island in lava flows
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East Rift Zone | Island in lava flows
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East Rift Zone | Lava flow with active lava tube
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East Rift Zone | Lava flow with active lava tube
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Kalapana | Lava entering the sea
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Kalapana | Lava entering the sea
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Kalapana | Homes on lava and steam plume
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Kalapana | Homes on lava
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Kalapana | Home for sale
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Kalapana | Star of the Sea Painted Church