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Theresa and I get rained on in eleven distinct climates on Hawaii's big island
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Trail markers.
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The floor isn't as smooth as it looks from the rim.
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I got a little ahead of Theresa.
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Some of the cracks in the floor were marked with this...
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Theresa is still catching up.
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About halfway across the floor.
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One of the larger vents. These were the last places...
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Another of the large vents.
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Some lichens and moss had colonized the steam vents.
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There wasn't a strong sulfur smell here; it was just...
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Looking towards the ejection pile.
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Climbing the edge of the ejection pile
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These red flowers covered the western edge of the crater.
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more flowers
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more flowers
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more flowers
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Looking back the way we came.
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The ejection pile. It's about 500 feet high.
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On the western edge, looking back east. Into the sun. ...
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Climbing the crater wall again.

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