Punalu'u Black Sand Beach...

The Big Island (Hawai'i Island) has several different types of sand.  It's most famous for a couple of high quality black sand beaches.  In order for black sand to develop there needs to be the sea and volcanic rock, so the islands of Hawai'i are perfect.  Obviously, the black sand is created by erosion of the black volcanic rock where lava has previously run into the Pacific Ocean.  The Punalu'u County Beach Park is always ranked as the number 1 black sand beach in the world and that's where I am for this post.  Enjoy the pictures...

The black sand beach was a lot bigger until active lava flowed down to the beach area a few years ago.  The recent lava rock is pictured above.

The black sand was very fine and not nearly as not to walk on as one might think.

There was a creek that flowed into the river at the Punalu'u Beach Park.

When the pool at the end of the creek where it meets the black sand dunes.

Just a post on a bridge that caught my eye.

Mahalo for visiting!  See you again soon.