Oldest Images Tagged "Lava" In the National Parks Service Archive

Of the many public domain images out there that are archived by a government service, the Parks Service’s holds a special piece of my heart for the fact you can only search it and order the results by time or relevance—no way to filter the database through categories. Love that. Here are the oldest images tagged “lava.”

Hand-colored images of the Maunaiki Eruption taken on May 17th, 1920.

Photo by Ihei Morihiro. Courtesy of the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory through a gift by Roger Meyers. via NPS

CCC workers at a monument in Kona, August 1934

CCC boys - Kona - The 1925 lava flow from Mauna Loa. Stone monument marks spot of old Catholic Church destroyed by lava.

via NPS

Glow

Glow as viewed from Uēkahuna bluff during the 1935 eruption of Mauna Loa.

National Park Service, Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, HAVO 16804 Image Collection; Box 148 Folder 2; Image 2. via NPS.

Fountains

Lava fountains during the 1935 eruption of Mauna Loa.

NPS Photo/Wingate (National Park Service, Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, HAVO 17707 Image Collection; Box 33, Folder 3; Image 10). via NPS

1969-1974 Eruption of Maunaulu

"Lava dome fountaining during episode ten of the Maunaulu eruption, October 11th, 1969"

USGS/J. Judd. via NPS

USGS/D. Swanson. via NPS

Plane Preparing To Bomb Mauna Loa, 1935

One of the planes preparing to bomb the lava flow threatening the city of Hilo during the 1935 eruption of Mauna Loa.

USGS Photo/K. Maehara. via NPS

Pit

A vintage photograph of the Kawilinau lava pit in the Haleakalā crater

Mookini Library, Stearns Album 13, p 52. via NPS

1924 Explosion As Seen From Volcano House

One of the steam-driven explosions in 1924, as seen from the porch of Volcano House.

Tai Sing Loo, Hawaii State Archives, PP43-10.018. via NPS