The photo above shows an incandescent lava flow meeting a fiery sea on the Big Island of Hawaii. It was taken close to midnight on April 26, 2013. Flows from the eruption of Kilauea plow down its southern flanks toward the Pacific Ocean , creating lava deltas and thus adding to the land surface on the Big Island. Kilauea is the most active volcano in Hawaii and one of the most active in the world.