After we left the national park, we drove to a place outside of the park where the lava was actually flowing. We had to walk this "trail" for about 1/2 a mile. This flow was in 1982 and destroyed a subdivision.
This is the trails end and as close as you can get without getting arrested. It's about a half mile away. Occasionally, we could see black chunks fly up into the air. At night, you can see that those chunks are actually glowing lava.
The conditions where the lava falls into the ocean are so violent that it creates funnel clouds. We saw one, it started close to the base then slowly worked its way out, then disappeared.
My battery died on my camera, and this is the best picture I got of the glow.
I took this video before I knew my battery was gonna die. I'd rather have a better night glow picture. Oh well.
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