Volcanoes of course provide clues to Earth's beginnings and "Hawaii Volcanoes National Park displays the results of at least 70 million years of volcanism, migration, and evolution in the Hawaiian Island-Emperor Seamount chain." Although people around the world think of volcanoes as being explosive and destructive in nature, volcanoes in Hawaii tend to produce fluid rivers of lava that believe it or not, ultimately will create new land and attract new life.