Kīlauea is the home of PELE, the Hawaiian volcano goddess. Hawaiian chants and oral traditions tell in veiled form of many eruptions fomented by an angry Pele before the first European saw the summit in 1823.
Kīlauea is one of the most active volcanoes on the planet and an invaluable resource for volcanologists who are able to study it up close due to its exclusively non-violent effusive activity.
Daniel Moe has his studio in Kalapana, Big Island of Hawaii just a few miles away from the active volcano, K