Much of this inter-island cooperation is the result of efforts by part-time Volcano resident Alain Gerente. Gerente, a well-known videographer of Piton de la Fournaise eruptions, is a mathematician who was on the faculty at the University of Science on La Reunion. He has been a tireless supporter of closer relations between his two island homes—Hawai‘i and La Reunion—which have so much in common...

When three individuals embark on a journey to look for a missing photographer, they're confronted with the wildest rainforest, giant waterfalls, and unexplored canyons. The adventurers end up right in the heart of a volcanic eruption and get to experience the beauty that is possessed by this world.