
Helicopter Tour of Fissure #8 on the Big Island of Hawaii
With all the amazing lava activity happening on the Big Island of Hawaii I decided I wanted to take a Helicopter tour of it. By this time I knew I was moving back to the mainland so I saw this as a last treat to myself. How could I leave & NOT get any pics of a lava fissure after living there for over 4 years. When I shot these pics the fissure was pouring out nearly 2 dozen dump trucks of lava a minute. It was a free flowing river of lava. Officials saw lava bergs & huge lav