Many Fires

Many Fires

Taken from the viewing spot near the village of Kaimu, close to what was Kalapana. The "Chain of Craters Road" used to come out over here somewhere I think before it was obliterated at this end be a previous flow. The clouds glow red from the lava rivers here. We were told a new fountain had broken open this day (one of the sources of the right glow). I could also easily see constellations to -40 or -50 degrees from this vantage. There’s nothing quite like witnessing the creative force so raw and up close. This is about a mile from the point where the flow reached the ocean (left glow). A guy was selling really nice glossies of the action from about 50 feet away. He got a special press permit to achieve that. I’m so jealous…