Of course, it isn't a trip to the Big Island without taking a helicopter tour over the volcano. We were lucky to have 4 active vents to fly over. The picture shows a vent that is about 200 yards across. The lava is about 1000 degrees and created heat waves which could be felt inside the chopper. The helicopter is equipped with cameras to take footage of your flight. There is also an on-board camera to occassionally show the passengers inside the chopper during the flight. One of the other passengers threw up...right when the on-board camera was filming. Chicken salad croissant, $5. Helicopter tour of the volcano, $250. DVD footage of you hacking up the chicken salad croissant during your helicopter tour...priceless. (Actually, the DVD was an extra $40 and one of the other passengers bought it...)
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Wow! So fun! I heard Kiluea is super active right now, spurting lava into the ocean 20 miles out, did you go by there!?
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