April 27, 2017 Photographing Lava 680 × 1024 Lava Face. ©Alina Oswald. Smoldering lava forms various shapes, like this Lava Face, on its way down to the ocean. ©Alina Oswald. Smoldering lava forms various shapes, like this Lava Face, on its way down to the ocean. ©Alina Oswald.