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Building Big Island
IMG# 5301-lightE copy

A very popular image because there is so much happening on this lavascape morning.

The explosions are where a lava tube is dumping tons of molten lava directly into the sea. And a portion of that lava tube has erupted onto the surface and is pouring across older lava inland.

This image looks pretty cool on canvas at 30x40-inches!

~ Pele's Witnesses ~ (A somewhat famous image of mine that has been on the internet news circuit)
IMG# 8853

Waikupanaha ocean entry: A massive explosion takes place at the base of the plume where molten lava is pumping into the ocean on the Island of Hawaii.

The plume is comprised of steam, sulfur dioxide, glass particles, ash, rock, and black sand. As the molten lava pours out of the lava tubes that carried it from the volcano above, it instantly explodes into black sand and rock fragments. Many of these molten chunks will continue floating and streaming on the ocean.

Photo taken at 8:15 PM on July 14th, 2008 – Island of Hawaii
prints well at 24x36-inches

Lava Blasts into Pacific Ocean #2

Moonlight illuminates this stunning phenomenon: massive explosions take place at the base of the plume where molten lava is pumping into the ocean on the Island of Hawaii.

The plume is comprised of steam, sulfur dioxide, glass particles, ash, rock, and black sand. As the molten lava pours out of the lava tubes that carried it from magma chambers under the flanks of Mauna Loa’s Kilauea volcano above, it instantly explodes into black sand and rock fragments. Many of these molten chunks will continue floating and streaming on the ocean. This is the most ocean entry lava that has been seen here in local memory.

Island of Hawaii

Lava Plume Funnel

This plume is the result of a massive volume of molten lava shooting out of a lava tube that lies within the lava I am standing on while taking this photo.

The lava explodes as it hits the ocean water resulting in tremendous heat, steam, sulfur gas, glass particles, rock and sand. So much turbulence often spawns heat tornadoes or water spouts. This spout is about 100-feet long.

~ Between Jupiter and Earth ~

A massive static electric lighting bolt flashes through the base of the plume where molten lava is pumping into the ocean on the Island of Hawaii.

Taken at the official Hawaii State Civil Defense lava viewing area on the Big Island, there is an excited crowd of people nearby in the shadows below, and that 'star' above is the planet Jupiter. The 3/4's-full moon is just off to our left and the moonlight is what has lit up the towering lava plume. To make things even more fun, the magenta/violet-hued color within the lower plume is a rare static electric lightning flash.

The massive column of steam, sulfur dioxide, glass particles, ash, rock and instantly created black sand are all generated from a huge volume of molten lava dumping into the Pacific Ocean out of a single lava tube that carried it from magma chambers under the flanks of Mauna Loa’s Kilauea volcano further upslope - on the Island of Hawaii.

Prints okay to 12x18 but does have some stressed pixelation, which begins to show more in larger sizes due to the conditions taking the photograph.

Photo taken at 8:45 PM on July 14th, 2008 HST – Island of Hawaii

Electric Bolt Blasts Inside Lava Plume #3

In a stunning display of awesome power, massive volumes of molten lava pours into the Pacific Ocean and instantly explodes resulting in tremendous heat, steam, sulfur gas, glass particles, rock, black sand -- and rarely, a lightning bolt within the raging plume seen here as a violet color above the lava showers.

Photo taken at the official Hawaii State Civil Defense lava viewing area on the Big Island

Electric Bolt Blasts Inside Lava Plume #2 IMG# 0098

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In a stunning display of awesome power, massive volumes of molten lava pours into the Pacific Ocean and instantly explodes resulting in tremendous heat, steam, sulfur gas, glass particles, rock, black sand -- and rarely, a lightning bolt within the raging plume seen here as a violet color above the lava showers.

Photo taken at the official Hawaii State Civil Defense lava viewing area on the Big Island, July 2008

prints well at 20x20-inches

~ Pele's Eye ~ Electric Bolt Blasts Inside Lava Plume #4

In a stunning display of awesome power, massive volumes of molten lava pours into the Pacific Ocean and instantly explodes resulting in tremendous heat, steam, sulfur gas, glass particles, rock, black sand -- and rarely, a lightning bolt within the raging plume seen here as a violet color above the lava showers.

Photo taken at the official Hawaii State Civil Defense lava viewing area on the Big Island

Leigh inside his portable photo display booth at the trail head that leads to the Hawaii Civil Defense 'Safe Viewing' lava area at the Kalapana Gardens end of Highway 130 on the Big Island. (Less than an hour drive from Hilo)

NOTE: The booth is currently not being set up.

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Current: 800x377 |

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