I have witnessed the very acts of life, death and rebirth in spectacular fashion on the Big Island of Hawaii. Known as the Orchid Isle because of its natural splendor, the largest island (over 4,000 square miles in size) in the chain of Hawaiian Islands is one of the best places on earth to experience Mother Nature's raw formative powers. At Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, visitors of an introspective nature are sometimes brought to tears when they come face to face with a fiery lava flow from world-famous Kilauea volcano.