Hawaii by Land

I have been to a couple of volcanic islands in the past ... St. Vincent and Dominica. Some of the beaches were black sand, and the peak of the volcano could sometimes be seen in the distance. But driving around Hawaii, I saw first hand how these islands are made. The simplest way that I could sum it up was with the following image. I saw the photo as I drove to a meeting with the director ... a flash of three colors through the car window. But they seemed to perfectly capture the natural elements of Hawaii - the ocean, the vegetation and the volcano. I parked the car on the side of the highway and had to hike over an old lava flow until the image looked good through the 400mm.