Where: Kīlauea Visitor Center Auditorium
Kīlauea Star Party. Join Astronomer Dean Regas, co-host of PBS Star Gazers, as he hosts Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park’s first-ever Star Party at Kīlauea Overlook. Learn about an endangered resource and sacred cultural connection: our dark night skies. Journey through time as we explore nearby planets and deep-space celestial wonders above the glow of Halema‘uma‘u Crater. Dark Skies Rangers will answer questions and guide visitors through the night sky. Powerful telescopes will be available. Free, but subject to weather conditions.
When: Mon., Jan. 29 at 7 p.m.
Where: Kīlauea Overlook (Crater Rim Drive, before Jaggar Museum)
Volcanic geology along Saddle Road on the Island of Hawaiʻi. The new Daniel K. Inouye Highway, Route 200, commonly called the Saddle Road, crosses the center of the Island of Hawaiʻi between its two largest volcanoes, Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea. Traveling this road takes you through a varied landscape of historically interesting geological features, including large and young lava flows, cinder cones, kīpuka, and ancient ice age dune fields. This contrasting scenery shows outstanding examples of how Hawaiian volcanoes mature and age. Join Rick Hazlett, affiliate geologist with the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory and University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, as he describes this “outdoor classroom" in which visitors can learn more about how our aloha ‘āina (precious land) came to be. Part of Hawai‘i Volcanoes’ ongoing After Dark in the Park series. Free.
When: Tues., Jan. 30 at 7 p.m.
Where: Kīlauea Visitor Center Auditorium
Witness the Lunar Eclipse. Join Astronomer Dean Regas, co-host of PBS Star Gazers, as he guides us through the January 2018 lunar eclipse atop Kīlauea Volcano. A lunar eclipse can only occur the night of the full moon, when the sun, earth and moon are aligned. As the earth’s shadow (umbra) passes across the moon, it creates a lunar eclipse. Every so often, this alignment is perfect or nearly so, and creates a total lunar eclipse. The park will provide an excellent vantage point to view the spectacle - weather permitting. Free.
When: Tues., Jan. 30 at 8:30 p.m. (following After Dark in the Park)
Where: Kīlauea Overlook (Crater Rim Drive, before Jaggar Museum)
Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park is open 24 hours a day. The park offers 155 miles of hiking trails, Kīlauea Visitor Center and Jaggar Museum, plus many opportunities to appreciate the volcanic landscape, native ecosystem and Hawaiian culture that define this World Heritage Site. Events that occur at facilities within the park, including the Volcano Art Center Gallery, Volcano House, and Kilauea Military Camp, are also subject to park entrance fees.
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Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
