This felt really crazy like nothing before – taking a small boat into boiling water at the ocean entry of Kilauea’s east rift 61g lava flow that is active since May this summer. There were sizzling hot rocks drifting like ‘anti-icebergs’ in the water, spatter was flying around every now and then, and when the smoke lifted, you could see heaps and heaps of smaller and wider lava streams feeding into the ocean. It was a really strange feeling to have just two outboard engines between you and the lava ledge building out into the ocean near Kalapana, Big Island of Hawai’i.

Lava boat at the Kalapana ocean entry, Big Island of Hawai’i, USA

Spatter flies around in an explosion, 61g lava flow ocean entry, Kalapana, Big Island of Hawai’i, USA

New land being born – Ocean entry of 61g lava flow, Kilauea volcano, Kalapana, Big Island of Hawai’i, USA