Kilauea Ocean Entry, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii, United States

There are heap of curious spectacles in the world, but none that I have found so turbulent and soothing at the same time as Kilauea's lava entry point into the ocean.
Arriving near sundown, the sky and ocean reflected a blue evening hue with a mild golden glow from the sun over the Pacific's waves. In deep contrast to the calm of evening were dark jagged black sea cliffs bleeding deep orange, pink, yellow, and red magma from Kilauea. The evening was perfect for setting a long exposure and capturing the movement of the waves and steam against the island's growing cliffs.
The lava that shows its face to the sea is 2000-4000 degrees Fahrenheit and creates steam clouds that roll back over the cliffs while the magma quickly cools and is washed away into the sea.
Poke-a-Stick Lava Tours are an excellent way to be safely guided across private land that was once a neighborhood of homes; each house wiped out by one of a number of lava flows down the side of the island.