What at first appears to be only a puddle-sized pool of lava reveals itself to be an entire lava field covering many acres of Hawaii’s Big Island.
Taken from a helicopter kept hovering a safe distance from the flow, this shot actually shows several football fields worth of hot lava layering onto a previous lava-covered area.
Helicopter trips around the Big Island are popular for anyone looking to quickly see the size and scale of new earth being created each day in Hawaii.
