03-27-2014, 06:22 AM
That same time period is when the Mauna Loa Panaewa flow occurred...covering most of the east side of Hilo all of the way to Kaloli Pt (creating Blondes Reef that the Hilo breakwater sits on, Moku Ole (Coconut Island), covering the lands of Hilo Industrial & shopping center areas, extending along mush of the Shipman lands and creating Kaloli pt.
The Panaewa flow has some really cool characteristics, in that you can easy find crystals of horneblend (older magma) and olivine (new magma)& gives many of Hilos beaches the salt & pepper & green blend of sands).
This is a very similar basalt to the flows on the moon (and having those characteristics is very rare on earth based magma flows).
The Panaewa flow has some really cool characteristics, in that you can easy find crystals of horneblend (older magma) and olivine (new magma)& gives many of Hilos beaches the salt & pepper & green blend of sands).
This is a very similar basalt to the flows on the moon (and having those characteristics is very rare on earth based magma flows).