Lava forms a pool before dropping into the sea. this was shot from a boat.
Completely socked in due to a lack of trade winds, the eruption seemed much more foreboding. Haze obscured everything and in minutes, the cone had vanished from our view.
On this day, it was so socked in, we couldn't get to the fountaining cone. We spent most of our time at the ocean entry, but were rewarded in the end with a rainbow. About a week later, stormy weather had increased dramatically enough to produce vortices.