Steven Phillipe was doing some landscaping when he spotted something instantly recognizable but completely baffling.

black sand beaches intrigue travelers with their mystery and beauty. These beaches form over time by the erosion of volcanic materials such as lava fragments, basalt rocks or other minerals ...

Unlike typical beaches formed by the gradual erosion of continental rocks, black sand beaches originate from volcanic materials. When volcanoes erupt, they release lava, which eventually cools and ...

As it swirls, it picks up dirt and rocks (or lava) from the ground ... in 1990 and destroyed one of the island's famous black sand beaches. Kilauea overlaps with the eastern side of the largest ...