Hawaii and its Volcanoes Enter a place where earth processes are in motion all the time. Where the night can be light up by fire and steam from the ancient gods. No, this isn't some mythologic place, it is the Hawaiian Islands.
Volcanoes are one major geologic hazard that occurs in our world and Hawaii is one of their homex.
A volcano is a hill or mountain constructed by the extrusion of lava or rack fragments from a vent. Magma builds up in chambers beneath the crust and push the molten rock through these vents becoming lava flows. The Hawaiian Islands were formed in this way. The build-up of the lava on the sea floor eventually pushed above the surface of the water to form the Hawaiian Island Chain. There are three different types of volcanoes that erupt.