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Our Island Air Tour With Big Island Air.
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This Was Our Charriot For Our Two Hour Tour.
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We Were Fortunate To Get The Rear Love Seat In The Plane.
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Our Pilot Joe Took Very Good Care Of Us.
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Anita Took Photos While I Shot Video.
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After Taking Off We Flew Along The Southwest Coast Of The Island.
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The Visibility Was Good, And ...
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... The View Was Spectacular!
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We Headed Above The Clouds As We Approached Kilauea.
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Massive Barrier For The Rain Clouds.
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Starting to See Some Volcanic Activity.
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You Can See How Massive The Lava Flows Have Been In The Past.
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They Cut Through The Forest Like Tooth Picks.
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A Sign of Life.
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Joe Did An Excellent Job Making Sure Both Sides Of The Plane Saw Every Sight.
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Can You See The Lava?
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The Ride Was Bumpy From The Heat.
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Kilauea Is One Of The Most Active Volcanoes In The World.
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Interesting Lava Flow.
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The Lava Flow Continues To Add Land Mass To The Big Island.
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Can You See How The Water Changes Color From The Temperature & Chemicals In The Lava?
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More Interesting Lava Flows.
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There's A Functioning B&B In One Of These Green Patches - Only Accessible By Helicopter (And Lava Flow). Off To Hilo ...
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... Remember Hilo Is One Of The Wettest Places On Earth.
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Nice Little Local Water Fall.
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Very Interesting To See The Route We Drove The Previous Day From The Air.
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Much Of This Side Of The Island Used To Be Sugar Cane Farms - Until They Moved To Cheaper Geographies.
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We're Heading Up The Eastern Coast To Find ...
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... Many Spectacular Water Falls.
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I Don't Think We Went All The Way Up To Waipio Valley, But ...
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.... This One Looked Similar.
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The Diversity Of Climates On The Big Island Is Amazing.
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Looks Like A Nice Spot.
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Very Different From The Beaches On The Western Shore.
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More Coastline.
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Still More Coastline.
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It Was Hard to Get Scale For the Size Of The Falls From The Air.
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Turning Around & Heading For Home.
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The Summit Of Mauna Loa Is 13,677 Feet!!
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Coming In For A Landing.