Green and Black sand beach of Hawaiʻi the Big Island
- by Steven King
- 2017-01-01
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First stop: the famous black sand beach.
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When a lava flow meets the ocean, the lava rock is pulverized into small bits then became the black sand you see.
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The beach has a large amount of underground fresh water that flows in it.
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You are looking at the southernmost point of all 50 states. (Not Key West!)
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You need to go through a bumpy road to see the green sand beach.
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Papakōlea Beach is one of only four green sand beaches in the world.
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It gets its distinctive coloring from olivine sand eroded out of the enclosing collapsed cinder cone.
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The Big Island of Hawaii is about the same size as Connecticut. We drove 800 miles in 7 days to take these photos :)
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A preview of the volcano story, coming soon :)