Of the various types of volcanoes found on the Earth, the least destructive of them are the Shield Volcanoes such as the ones found in Hawaii. These volcanoes are primarily made of basalt, which in its fluid state is less viscous or sticky and as an analogy it flows more like water than like honey. Because of this property of the lava it can run..

Newcomers to Hawaii are often completely perplexed by Hawaiian words and are simply just stumped to the point that they can't even possibly make a guess as to how to pronounce a word. What they don't know is that pronouncing Hawaiian words is fairly simple as soon as you know the rules, of which there are few. Here are the very basics..

The next Hawaiian island is being formed right now and is expected to make its debut on the world stage in (perhaps) tens of thousands of years. The island already even has a name, Lo'ihi. It is located about 20 miles to the southeast of Kilauea volcano on the Big Island. At this point in time it has risen about 10,000' above the ocean..