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Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park, established in 1916, is a national park of the United States located in Hawai'i Island of Hawai'i.
Kilauea was thought to be the home of the volcano goddess Pele. The early Hawaiians revered her and made offerings to placate her wrath. The first Westerners to visit Kīlauea's boiling lake of lava were missionarie William Ellis and Asa Thurston in 1823. Pele's fiery lake was described in magazines of the day, and adventuresome travelers came to see it firsthand. Mark Twain, on seeing Kīlauea in 1866, enthusiastically wrote, "Here was room for the imagination to work!" Lorrin Thurston, publisher of the Honolulu Pacific Commercial Advertiser at the turn of the century, loved to explore the volcano lands. Among his discoveries was a giant lava tube, formed when a river of hot lava cooled and crusted over and the still-molten interior continued to flow downhill. Eventually, the lava drained out, leaving a cave-like shell. The Thurston Lava Tube (Nāhuku) is a major attraction on the Crater Rim Drive.In 1906, Thurston began a campaign to make this amazing area into a public park. In 1912 by Dr. Thomas A. Jaggar, who came to the islands to establish and serve as director of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. Together, the two conservationists collared politicians, wrote editorials, and promoted the idea of making the volcanoes into a national park in what was then the territory of Hawaiʻi.
On the first of August, this national park was formed in order to promote the exploration and appreciation for volcanoes, opening up these sites for the public to discover. It contains, Kilauea and Mauna Loa, two of the worlds most known volcanoes. For visitors, the park provides impressive scenery of volcanic, marine, and tropic environments, as well as sights of rare flora and fauna that can't be seen anywhere else in the world. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park offers a sight to foreigners, natives, scientists, and more.
Kilauea was thought to be the home of the volcano goddess Pele. The early Hawaiians revered her and made offerings to placate her wrath. The first Westerners to visit Kīlauea's boiling lake of lava were missionarie William Ellis and Asa Thurston in 1823. Pele's fiery lake was described in magazines of the day, and adventuresome travelers came to see it firsthand. Mark Twain, on seeing Kīlauea in 1866, enthusiastically wrote, "Here was room for the imagination to work!" Lorrin Thurston, publisher of the Honolulu Pacific Commercial Advertiser at the turn of the century, loved to explore the volcano lands. Among his discoveries was a giant lava tube, formed when a river of hot lava cooled and crusted over and the still-molten interior continued to flow downhill. Eventually, the lava drained out, leaving a cave-like shell. The Thurston Lava Tube (Nāhuku) is a major attraction on the Crater Rim Drive.In 1906, Thurston began a campaign to make this amazing area into a public park. In 1912 by Dr. Thomas A. Jaggar, who came to the islands to establish and serve as director of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. Together, the two conservationists collared politicians, wrote editorials, and promoted the idea of making the volcanoes into a national park in what was then the territory of Hawaiʻi.
On the first of August, this national park was formed in order to promote the exploration and appreciation for volcanoes, opening up these sites for the public to discover. It contains, Kilauea and Mauna Loa, two of the worlds most known volcanoes. For visitors, the park provides impressive scenery of volcanic, marine, and tropic environments, as well as sights of rare flora and fauna that can't be seen anywhere else in the world. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park offers a sight to foreigners, natives, scientists, and more.