Visiting the Volcano

This morning, we drove over to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.  We left early, and arrived at the visitor center shortly before it opened.  The weather was dry and fairly clear in the park, and we learned that the lava lake inside the Kilauea Caldera was erupting.

So we headed to the viewpoint behind the Jaggar Museum and looked into the Halema'uma'u Crater which is inside the Kilauea Caldera.

The first video is a view of the crater.  The second is the erupting lava lake.

Nice way to spend the day!