tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9602181.post1391548492204684224..comments2023-05-01T02:20:17.768-07:00Comments on Read This Because I Probably Won't Call: I Love the Smell of Sulfur in the Morningpiglethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14544714000574510171noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9602181.post-33182405846550387472012-08-19T18:07:41.146-07:002012-08-19T18:07:41.146-07:00I enjoyed Mark Twain's Letters from Hawaii. I...I enjoyed Mark Twain's Letters from Hawaii. I also heartily recommend Sarah Vowell's Unfamiliar Fishes.piglethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14544714000574510171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9602181.post-59523801855137492292012-08-11T22:09:03.899-07:002012-08-11T22:09:03.899-07:00I agree, Halema'uma'u must be seen to be b...I agree, Halema'uma'u must be seen to be believed. I've never seen it cut loose, even with steam; the one time we were there it was quiet. It still freaked me out. On that same trip we drove up to the top of Haleakala on Maui, too; also dormant but really impressive. <br /><br />If you'd like some vicarious lava, find Mark Twain's Letters from Hawaii. I read it at the time. When he was there, Halema'uma'u was brimful of red wet stuff and nobody could get closer than the main crater rim. His description is impressive and scary as hell.<br /><br />Now you've been initiated, remember this the next time you go to Yellowstone: the whole Yellowstone plateau is the caldera of a "super volcano." Where do you think they get all the hot springs? Shortly before our last visit, Scientific American ran an article on super volcanoes; I confess it made me a little edgy.hederahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01696592301686568456noreply@blogger.com