Hawaii
Members of Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 463 search for debris on Friday, after two helicopters crashed off Oahu's coast. The search for survivors has now been called off. Cpl. Ricky Gomez/AP hide caption
Part of the main street in Hilo, Hawaii, was flattened by a tsunami in April 1946. That big wave was triggered by a quake near the Aleutian Islands, where the edges of two tectonic plates continue to collide. Bettmann/Corbis hide caption
Aleutian Quake Zone Could Shoot Big Tsunamis To Hawaii, California
In August, protesters blocked the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope on Mauna Kea, Hawaii's biggest mountain. Caleb Jones/AP hide caption
Bradley Cooper and Rachel McAdams star in Aloha. Neal Preston/Columbia Pictures hide caption
Hawaiian Legacy Hardwoods has created an Internet interface so customers can zoom in and view information about specific koa trees from their computers. Courtesy of Hawaiian Legacy Hardwoods hide caption
Native Hawaiians dance in honor of Mauna Kea at the base of Pu'u Huluhulu on the Big Island. Molly Solomon/NPR hide caption
Hawaii ranks 49th in the nation for use of home health care services during the last six months of someone's life. Videos from ACP Decisions show patients what their options are at the end of life. ACP Decisions hide caption
Hula Heroine Helped Preserve The Hawaiian Islands' Traditional Dance
Mount Etna erupted on March 28, 1983. Lava flows destroyed homes and tourist destinations causing millions of dollars' worth of damage. Teams scrambled to divert the massive flow. Courtesy of John Lockwood hide caption
Lava near the leading edge of the flow oozes over a concrete slab and toward a tangerine tree before solidifying near the town of Pahoa on the Big Island of Hawaii earlier this week. U.S. Geological Survey/AP hide caption
A geologist maps the margin of the lava flow in the open field below Cemetery Road near the town of Pahoa on the Big Island of Hawaii. Dozens of residents from the village may be forced to evacuate. AP hide caption
A lava flow advances across the pasture between the Pahoa cemetery and Apaa Street, engulfing a barbed wire fence, near the town of Pahoa on the Big Island of Hawaii on Sunday. U.S. Geological Survey/AP hide caption