The Big Island is the youngest Hawaiian island by 5 million years. Instead of sandy beaches (although it has some of those too) there are lava fields. The black sand beach looks surprisingly like what I would just call sand on the Washington coast. Just a little more sparkly. The cooled lava rock varies in color and is extremely sharp.
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Love the black sand photo, Erica.
That black sand is amazing …. it totally messed my head up when I stood with my toes in it. Such an amazing sight, but at the same time so weird and unlike anything you can imagine.
I do love the warmth of the black sand. Don’t know why, but I swear it’s warmer than “normal white sand”.
P.S. You wore the perfect color sandals for that photo. Your buckles show that the sand really is black.
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It almost glitters!
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