{"id":1014,"date":"2025-02-26T14:38:56","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T19:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/?p=1014"},"modified":"2025-03-04T10:33:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T15:33:01","slug":"%e6%a9%9f%e8%83%bd%e6%80%a7%e3%82%92%e8%b6%85%e8%b6%8a%e3%81%97%e3%81%9f%e3%83%95%e3%82%a9%e3%83%ab%e3%83%a0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/en\/%e6%a9%9f%e8%83%bd%e6%80%a7%e3%82%92%e8%b6%85%e8%b6%8a%e3%81%97%e3%81%9f%e3%83%95%e3%82%a9%e3%83%ab%e3%83%a0\/","title":{"rendered":"Forms Over Function"},"content":{"rendered":"


It\u2019s called Devastation Trail in Hawai\u2018i Volcanoes National Park because lava swallowed the forest and charred the ground from green to black. In 1959, K\u012blauea Iki erupted on Hawai\u2018i Island, and for 37 days, it spewed ash and sputtered fountains of lava, turning the hollow crater into a burning, molten lake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Almost nothing survived, save for a handful of trees that were damaged but not destroyed, their trunks stripped of branches and leaves by falling cinder and spatter. They stand like skeletons, stark against the volcanic nothingness, white as bone. Other trees that were engulfed but not immediately burned left behind \u201clava trees\u201d: upright, hollow trace fossils that resemble stone sculptures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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