In late August / early September I traveled to Hawaii and stayed a few days in Honolulu and then two days in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.  At Hawaii Volcanoes National Park I stayed at Volcano House which is a 1941 structure in a rainforest sitting right on the rim of the caldera of the Kilauea Volcano.

Kilauea is the world's most active volcano and has been erupting continously since 1983.

Ohi'a buidling which is part of the Volcano House

Lava was flowing into the ocean just outside of the park when I was there.

On the way to see the lave flow, I traveled across hardened lava fields and was surprized to see newer houses.

The major cloud in the middle right of the photo is actually steam rising from the ocean where the lava is forming new land.

It is a few miles away.

I parked in this area and then walked about a mile towards the ocean.   At the end of the trail I was still probably 1-2 miles away from the lava flow.

It was beautiful.  I could see an orange flow reflecting off of the steam cloud and every once in a while I could see lava shooting up.

Unfortunately, by the time I got to the end of the trail it was too dark to take good photos.  

The Volcano House sits right on the edge of this calderas.  The calderas is probably 1-2 miles across and several hunder feet deep/

The ash-laden plume in the background is coming from a vent in the Halema‘uma‘u Crater.

The crater is inside the broader Kilauea calderas

Close-up of the Halema‘uma‘u Crater.

Nearby the Volcano House is a cook natural feature called the Thurston Lava Tube.

Entering the lava tube.  

A car could probably fit through most of the tube.