The steam also contains sulfur dioxide and hydrogen sulfide. Prolonged exposure can be dangerous.
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
By John Fischer, About.com Guide
Driving counterclockwise on Crater Rim Drive from the Visitors Center your first stop should be the Steam Vents. Here rainwater sinks through the ground and is warmed by rocks which carry heat from the lava below. Hot water then rises through fissures to condense in the chilled air.
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- Getting to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
- Kilauea Visitor Center
- Park Ranger Walk to the Rim of Kilauea Caldera
- Volcano House
- Volcano Art Center
- Steam Vents
- Kilauea, Mauna Loa and Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
- Hawaiian Volcano Observatory and Jaggar Museum
- Halema'uma'u Crater Overlook
- Chain of Craters Road
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