| [00:00.60] | Pouring into the sea, Hawaii's lava has forged almost two and a half square kilometres of new land in less than 25 years |
| [00:10.01] | It's cold, hard rock - bleak, threatening and barren |
| [00:16.94] | But there are some colonisers who just won't be put off |
| [00:20.98] | 'Ohi'a lehua, a native plant and symbol of Hawaii, is among the first to flourish on this new land |
| [00:30.71] | This spindly bush will grow into a 30-metre-tall tree, its bright flowers are food for a variety of birds, like these Hawaiian honeycreepers |
| [00:41.42] | But how on earth can a seed become a tree in a place where there is no soil and no sign of fresh water? |
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