The north fork of the a'a flow abuts Kiholo Bay. In the middle, the pie-wedge of 2000-year-old pahoehoe is called Kalaemano, or Shark Point. It was the subject of litigation I may have mentioned before.
The 84 mile marker on Queen Kaahumanu was where the road down to the shore at Kalaemano started. It wasn't really a "road", it was just a trail of white paint sprayed or splashed on the lava to mark a navigable path, except for one place where an opening was smashed through a small sharp ridge to enable a 4WD vehicle through. Now the road is "officially" blocked by the state DLNR, although the barrier can be easily avoided.
The road is still there, in any case:
15 years ago I used to drive down that road to the shore (about a mile and a half by measurement) , to camp and fish. Ah, well, passage of time and all that.
Speaking of the Ka'upulehu Lava Flow, here's a one minute video of clouds filling the westernmost (and largest) of the craters from which the flow, uh, flowed. Don't expect excitement.
Continuing on with the theme, here's a lava formation and ohia in about the middle of the Ka'upulehu Lava Flow, just above the Scenic Lookout on the Upper Road (Mamalahoa, Hawaii Belt Road):
Looking to the north, at sunset, at about the 2000' level on the Ka'upulehu Lava Flow. Pu'u Wa'a Wa'a and Mauna Kea in the background:
Finally, no post would be complete without a repetitive photo of another Hawaiian plant, this time an a'ali'i, on (again!) the Ka'upulehu Lava Flow, just below the lip of the westernmost crater:
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