61g Lava Viewing Area
I ended up observing the 61g lava flow for nearly 3 hours, transitioning from daylight into darkness.
During the day, most of what was visible was the large plume of steam coming off of the water. There was some orange glow caused by the lava flow but it always visible. Chunks of burning land (lava?) would frequently be ejected, making for interesting photos. The first photo has a little boat in the lower left corner of the frame - this is the same boat I took this morning at 5am for my boat tour with Kalapana Cultural Tours!
As the sun set, the scene darkened quite a bit and the orange glow became easily visible. The chunks of land exploding outwards were quite impressive, often visibly burning on the way out but being extinguished before hitting the sea.
Once it got completely dark, all that was visible was the orange glowing steam as well as the burning chunks of land exploding outwards.
My favorite scenes are just after sunset - dark enough that the orange glow is readily visible but light enough that the land and sea can be seen. I tried to do long exposures but it was windy enough that it was hard to get anything longer than half a second to be without image blur. Overall, definitely worth the 8 mile round trip hike!
Read MoreDuring the day, most of what was visible was the large plume of steam coming off of the water. There was some orange glow caused by the lava flow but it always visible. Chunks of burning land (lava?) would frequently be ejected, making for interesting photos. The first photo has a little boat in the lower left corner of the frame - this is the same boat I took this morning at 5am for my boat tour with Kalapana Cultural Tours!
As the sun set, the scene darkened quite a bit and the orange glow became easily visible. The chunks of land exploding outwards were quite impressive, often visibly burning on the way out but being extinguished before hitting the sea.
Once it got completely dark, all that was visible was the orange glowing steam as well as the burning chunks of land exploding outwards.
My favorite scenes are just after sunset - dark enough that the orange glow is readily visible but light enough that the land and sea can be seen. I tried to do long exposures but it was windy enough that it was hard to get anything longer than half a second to be without image blur. Overall, definitely worth the 8 mile round trip hike!
