WHERE LAVA MEETS OCEAN
High resolution images of molten lava colliding with the Pacific Ocean. More ocean entry lava can be viewed in this gallery: http://leighs-gallery.smugmug.com/organize/Moltenlavaphotos/ROYAL-GARDENS-LAVA-FLOW-2011
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~ New Lava Bench #2 ~
Another view of a newly formed bench created along the ocean as lava pours over and over upon itself. These are a very dangerous areas to get too close to because they regularly collapse into the sea without warning, taking much of the nearby cliff with it, as well as create very explosive blasts of rock far offshore and inland and sometimes scalding waves of sea water..