Map of Hawaiian-Emperor Seamount Chain. Map � 2004 MBARI

Native koa forest along the road to Kilauea.Photo � 1999 J.B. Paduan -biogeography-http://www.mbari.org/volcanism/Hawaii/HR-Biogeography.htm

Lava (brown) containing olivine-rich xenoliths (greenish) collected offshore of Kauai.Photo � MBARI 2001- http://www.mbari.org/volcanism/Hawaii/HR-MagmProc.htm

Fragments of limu o Pele and Pele''s hair, formed from lava bubbles during eruption http://www.mbari.org/volcanism/Hawaii/HR-ExplosiveErupt.htm -Photo � 2001 MBARI -

Debris from enormous landslides off Oahu and Molokai extends hundreds of kilometers.Map � 2001 MBARI -http://www.mbari.org/volcanism/Hawaii/HR-Landslides.htm

Pali above Kane''ohe Bay on Oahu: the slide-scarp of the Nuuanu landslide.Photo � 2004 J.B. Paduan -http://www.mbari.org/volcanism/Hawaii/HR-Landslides.htm

Waikiki''s landmark, Diamond Head crater, from the air. Photo � 2004 J.B. Paduan -http://www.mbari.org/volcanism/Hawaii/HR-Hazards.htm

Sulfide minerals include pyrite, pyrrhotite -http://www.mbari.org/volcanism/Hawaii/HR-Hydrothermal.htm

Sulfide minerals include wurzite and sphalerite (right), some with copper, lead, and cadmium-rich inclusions -http://www.mbari.org/volcanism/Hawaii/HR-Hydrothermal.htm

The sulfates consist of anhydrite and barite; the latter has a high strontium content. Chemical compositions are similar to those observed at mid-ocean ridge vent precipitates -http://www.mbari.org/volcanism/Hawaii/HR-Hydrothermal.htm

Backscattered electron images (BSE) of rounded glass shard completely surrounded by a shell of delicate sulfide and sulfate crystals -http://www.mbari.org/volcanism/Hawaii/HR-Hydrothermal.htm

Map showing the North and South Arch lava fields, in red, in relation to the Hawaiian Islands. The axes of the trough and arch are encircling the islands.Map � MBARI 2001 - http://www.mbari.org/volcanism/Hawaii/HR-FlexArch.htm

Photo from the Shinkai 6500 submarine of a sheet flow on the North Arch. Note the thin sediment cover, indicating the relatively young age of the flow.Photo � 1999 JAMSTEC - http://www.mbari.org/volcanism/Hawaii/HR-FlexArch.htm