Hawaii: The Big Island

It's been 30 years since I was last in Hawaii.  Just a kid then.  In the three years I lived there, we never ventured to the Big Island, so this was a first for me.  What struck me most as we flew in to Kona, was the vastness of the lava fields.  This island is raw - young from a geologic perspective.  Though Kilauea continued it's eruptive outbreaks on the east side of the island, this adventure stayed mostly to the west and north. Perhaps I'll return another time and have the opportunity to capture images of molten lava flows.  This time, the camera caught sunsets, turtles, palm trees, flowers, waterfalls, rocks, and beaches.