Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1921-05-06

lava lake rose eighty feet in eight hours. The
main flow, 1900 feet wide, is running at the rate
of forty miles an hour.
Police guards holding hundreds of tourists
and automobilists at considerable distance from
the scene because of the danger of a greater out
burst.
And the spouting of Kilauea is one Of the won-
der scenes of the world.
1.-THE Hawaiian volcanoes" writes 7. A. Jag
gar, Jrr director of the Hawaiian Volcano observ-
atory, "are truly a national asset, wholly unique
of their kind, the most famous In the world of
science and the most continuously variously, and
harmlessly active volcanoes on earth. KilauPa
crater has been nearly continuously active, with
lake or lakes of molten lava, for q century.
Mauna LOa is the largest active volcano In the
world, with eruptions about once a decade and
has poured out more lava during the last century
than any other volcano ON the globe. Haleakala
Is a mountain mass ten thousand feet high with
q tremendous crater rift In its summit eight miles
In diameter and three thousand feet Deep contain
ing many high lava cones. Haleakala is probably
the largest of all known craters among volcanoes
that are technically known as active. 1t erupted
less than two hundred years ago. The crater at
sunrise is the grandest volcanic spectacle on
earth"
kIsuea's Lava Lake.
The lava lake at Kilauea is the most spectacu-
lar feature Of Hawaii National park It draws
visitors from all over the world. It is lake of
molten, fiery lava thousand feet long, splashing
on It's banks with noise like waves OF the sea,
while great fountains boil through 1t fifty feet
high. This exhibition of one of the most amazing
revelations of nature-the terrific and irresistible
forces Of the earth's internal fres-s accessible
by automobiles almost to the very brink, and may
be safely Viewed.
The trip from Hilo to Klauea volcano is by au-
tomobile, distance of thirty miles. From Hilo
The road gradually aseends through sugar cane
and pineapple plantations, to a high elevation and
then plunges into great forest of tree ferns,
whose frOnds are thirty feet overhead and pro-
vide a delightful canopy for many miles. Al
1900 feet elevation the trip ends at Volcano House
on the rim of the crater. Here are unobstructed
views of towering snow-capped mountains and
the great crater, Kilauea, enormous pit nearly
eight miles In circumference and six hundred feet
deep. enclosing an area of 1850 acres. Filling the
floor of this vast bowl is a sea of solidlned lava.
twisted and contorted into every imaginable shape,
with Jets of steam, vapor and sulphurous fumes
rising from innumerable crevices and cracks Al
most at the center is the active throat of the vol
cano ITSELF called BY the natives, Halemaumau,
1.-THE House of Everlasting Fire. This was, in
Hawaiian mythology. the home of Pele. the god
dess of fire.
Greatest Natural Wonder.
This throat or inner pit is mile IN crcum-
ference and contains at all times raging sea OF
molten lava, its wtitehOt waves flashing and gnaw-
Ing at the imprisOning walls, and It's vast foun-
tains Of incandescent rock eternally inging their
fiery spray In air; seething and roaring In awful
grandeur. The molten sea rises and falls perl
odIcally, at times overlooking the rim of the
pit and spreading out over the floor Of the main
crater. while red-lo crags and massive islands
rise from its depths to either collapse In tumultu
Ons ayalanches or subside gently beneath the
surface of the lava. The pit Is fascinating By
daylight. but at night the scene is enthralling.
And 1t may be witnessed in perfect safety.
The national park system Of the United States
contains several absolute unique natural wonders,
such as the Grand Canyon, Crater Lake and the
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