Molten lava flowing over a 40 foot cliff down

   to a lava bench which was about 15 feet above

   the sea near Wahaula.

    Molten lava flowing over a 40 foot cliff down

    to a lava bench which was about 15 feet above

    the sea near Wahaula.

   Lava surface flow generating Pahoehoe lava

   about 100 meters from the sea cliffs at Wahaula.

   Pu'u 'O' o, source of the current eruption of

   the Kilauea volcano.

   Littoral explosion sends molten lava

   streamers into the air. 

   Several fingers of molten lava dribble into the ocean, 

   while background explosions illuminate the steam plume.

   Several fingers of molten lava dribble into the

   ocean from a newly formed lava bench.

   The light and heat of a moving a'a flow is reflected 

   off the surface of an older pahoehoe flow.  

   An active a'a flow descends Pulama pali

   A steam plume rich in hydrochloric acid and fine glass particles

   rushes skyward as lava enters the Pacific ocean.

   A steam bubble forms from a littoral explosion

   as the surf covers  molten lava.

   A couple of days later, the kipuka (tree island) in the

   background was burned by another flow.

   Large and small chunks of a'a lava clink and clack as it 

   rolls off the surface of the flow descending Pulama pali.