Sarah and I visited the Big Island of Hawaii for our ten-year anniversary. One of the things that always bothered me was that we didn’t have enough time for Volcano National Park. This time, with the girls, we planned a few days and stayed at a Bed N Breakfast in the town of Volcano.

It was pouring down rain when we arrived at the park, but we couldn’t let that stop us. Once we reached the end of Chain of Craters road, the sun started to come out and made for some awesome pictures! We watched the sunset at Halema'Uma'u Crater. During the day the smoke, or “vog,” flows out of this crater continuously. But as the sun begins to set, you can see the orange and red glow from the lava.

The first stop at the end of Chain of Craters road is what Sarah calls, Russell's Sea Arch. She calls it that because evidently I LOVE photographing Sea Arch's. She gets tired of me waiting for the "perfect wave."

If you've been to Hawaii Volcano National Park, then you've probably taken this same picture with your family. Everybody does it - and it's still pretty cool!

Got lucky on this shot! The rainbow only showed itself for a few minutes so I was able to capture with the Lava rock over the sign.

Thurston Lava Tube

Halema'Uma'u Crater

During the day - you can't see the orange and red glow from the lava. But at night, this looks pretty awesome! Each of these pictures are long exposure shots.