LAVA TUBE BREAKOUT KILAUEA VOLCANO HAWAII

Nov. 1, 2009, Kalapana, Hawaii. Peles Realm


Up at 4am, I hiked a grueling 3 miles uphill to where a lava tube had a 'breakout' and was spewing an amazing stream of magma. This, and other surface breakout points were flowing into beautiful rivers and rushing down the 'pali' (slope) towards the ocean.

The ground was hot, the heat like a furnace, and I'm sure in places lava was flowing just a few inches beneath my feet.
Some would, and have, called me crazy, I consider myself blessed...
What a world we live in, I'm going back asap, but no guarantee anything like this will be visible.
I hope you enjoy it !

Sorry for the wind noise, I need to learn video editing now...As well as how to use the camera...I'm a still photographer by trade.
I do appreciate a comment or at least a rating. It helps me learn what to post. Thanks and Aloha!

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• volcano
• lava
• hawaii
• kilauea
• hawaiian
• fire
• river
• flow
• paradise
• creation
• molten
• red
• glow
• island
• awesome
• shield
• magma
• eruption
• pele
• kalapana
• oahu
• maui
• rock
• black
• life
• living
• birth
• wonder
• jazz
• miles
• marley
• dog
• cat
• animal
• puppy
• sweet
• tv
• miley
• cyrus
• christmas
• santa
• new year
• new
• year
• holiday
• fun
• Beach
• Miley Cyrus
• Wii
• Years
• Honolulu
• New Year
• Eve
• Pacific
• Happy

[2012theendofall2012]

what are u doing there anyway?

[wwwislandlightphoto]

@2012theendofall2012

Uhm, Photographing and videoing lava...

[Colhoon]

heh, you are probably getting a lot of new views in the last few weeks as a new electronic cigarette called the lavatube has been released from china in the last few weeks..I was looking for that but his caught my eye too :)

Got mine btw, its a little gem.

[wwwislandlightphoto]

@Colhoon

Cool, didn't know about the cig. Glad you enjoyed this lava!

[Colhoon]

would love to see that, must be an incredible amount of radiant heat there.

[wwwislandlightphoto]

@Colhoon

You sure got that right! On top of the fact that hot lava is just inches below the hardened surface, there is no shade! And the black lava absorbs more heat from the sun, the ocean is reflecting too! It is almost unbearable at times. Also, the pack stays on the back almost all the time, don't want it to melt if I set it down! I would set up the camera and shoot for a minute or two, then it would shut down from overheating and I'd move it 30' away and let it cool and do it again...

[AldoTheAphelion]

I have an urge to poke the black stuff and let it all ooze out.

[lamofify]

it sounds like crushing glass

[Minidude110]

anyone else get an urge to eat it?

[JoshuaDaPeck]

It looks tasty . . .

[xxADLER17xx]

Slip n' Slide anyone?

[Mundm123]

smooth

[svenshonk]

i want to eat it.

[xrannan]

Thank you for recording and sharing. You indeed are blessed to be where beauty is and to have the courage to approach it.

[unmake1000000]

mmmmmm looks like candy

[BladeUKtm]

like the earth bleeding................. great video looks warm?

[Cams1197]

@maxzmo13 D:

Okay, okay, cobbleston generator then