Thank God for Kona coffee. Damn, was it good. It kept me awake for my drive around the island. I pulled into Volcanoes National Park with the sun still peacefully tucked into bed, giving me plenty of time to get down to the shoreline and be ready to start shooting.
I took the road through the park to the end and parked next to a dark Jeep. I grabbed my bags and locked up my helmet, then headed out onto the lava.
I had to watch where I was going as the uneven ground beneath my feet dipped and curved with the flow of solid lava. It amazed me, yet again, how close I could drive to what was once a field of molten lava. Luckily for me, the lava was relatively close again, and I could get some amazing shots without having to hike too far.
I’d just finished setting up, taking a couple pics of
