Lava Lake and Littoral Explosions

Well, Kilauea Volcano is really pulling some crazy stunts lately. What's going on right now at the lava flow is that the lava is flowing in to the ocean via underground tubes, so you can't see any hot lava on the surface - you can see a steam plume and today there were explosions:

photo: USGS

The area of the flow is still reachable at the end of Hwy 137.

Up within the National Park, Halemaumau has a lava lake within it BUT you can only see it from helicopter. Could you imagine though - one little bit of pressure more and Halemaumau might start spurting lava into the air again like it did 100 years ago. Talk about amazing. and exciting.