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Sunrise over lava deltas. Nearest glow comes from lava entering water at southwest end of western delta. In background are entries off eastern lava delta.
Acidic steam rising from entries in upper left image mostly obscures glow, but large image shows small lava falls off eastern delta. Note two photographers standing on top of old sea cliff at left edge of image (visible in large image only).